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	<title>Encyclopedia of Psychology</title>
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	<description>An encyclopedia of psychology and mental health terms.</description>
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		<title>Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Form L-M (3rd Edition)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale by Lewis M. Terman and Maud A. Merrill was published in 1972. It is a wide-range individual test, assessing intelligence from age two through the superior adult level. It is an age scale, requiring subjects to solve problems, give definitions, memorize new material, and use some visual-motor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2011/stanford-binet-intelligence-scale-form-l-m/</link>
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		<title>IQ Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An IQ test is a psychological measure of a person&#8217;s &#8220;intelligence quotient&#8221; (IQ). Intelligence Quotient, or IQ, is a theoretical construct used by psychologists within standardized tests as a means of describing one&#8217;s intelligence level. In the most commonly-administered IQ test &#8212; the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) &#8212; an average score is 100; about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2010/what-is-an-iq-test/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Worthless or Guilty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A feeling of worthlessness or guilt is typically experienced by someone who is suffering from depression, although many people experience occasional feelings of guilt or worthlessness. It&#8217;s a simple sense that our own worth in this world is of little value in the moment, or that we feel responsible for another&#8217;s reaction or behavior. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2010/feeling-worthless-or-guilty/</link>
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		<title>Change of Appetite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A change of appetite refers to when a person notices a significant increase or decrease in their appetite and interest in either food or eating. For people who are suffering from depression, a change of appetite most commonly refers to a significant decrease in appetite. A person with a decreased appetite will often complain of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2010/change-of-appetite/</link>
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		<title>Loss of Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A loss of interest or a loss of pleasure refers to a person who simply loses interest in activities in their life &#8212; including friendships, hobbies, reading or even watching TV &#8212; that they enjoyed doing in the past. A person who is experiencing a loss of interest may report feeling less interested in hobbies, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2010/loss-of-interest/</link>
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		<title>Loss of Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A loss of energy refers to a significant change in the amount of a person&#8217;s energy level from what they normally feel. Most people experience small changes in their energy level over the course of a day or the week; this does not refer to those normal fluctuations. A person may say they feel fatigued [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2010/loss-of-energy/</link>
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		<title>Online Disinhibition Effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Increased disinhibition online is thought to be one of the side effects of computer-mediated communication &#8212; that is, communication between ourselves and a computer. Adam Joinson discusses disinhibition online in a book chapter entitled, Disinhibited Internet Behavior: Causes and Implications (2007): &#8220;Thus, if inhibition is when behavior is contrained or restrained through self-consciousness, anxiety about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/online-disinhibition-effect/</link>
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		<title>Stable Attribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people infer that an event or behavior is due to unchanging, permanent factors. This theory is heavily based on outcomes both positive and negative. Some of the things that influence this pattern are as simple as luck and effort level. Perhaps a person decides that if they walk under a ladder, they will not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/stable-attribution/</link>
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		<title>Social Responsibility Norm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best way to talk about Social Responsibility Norm (SRM) is in reference to people in positions of leadership or responsibility. People in these positions are expected to help others because society has placed them on a pedestal as a &#8220;hero&#8221; of sorts. These individuals serve as role models for the rest of our society. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/social-responsibility-norm/</link>
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		<title>Social Norms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The implicit (not spoken of&#8230;you learn about them through violation of the &#8220;rule&#8221;) or explicit (openly talked about) rules of a group concerning the appropriateness or inappropriateness of certain values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. It should be noted  that these &#8220;rules&#8221; are not legal laws, instead they are more like social obligations. Most people follow the norms because the &#8220;group&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/social-norms/</link>
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