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Coping styles

Coping styles refer to the ways in which people react to stressful events; general predispositions to dealing with stress.

Likewise, Coping styles are tools a person tends to use repeatedly in dealing with stress, traumatic events, deaths, etc. The two (2) most basic coping styles are Approach coping and Avoidant coping.

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Coping with Loss

Deutsch: Umgang mit Verlust / Español: Afrontar la pérdida / Português: Lidar com a perda / Français: Faire face à la perte / Italiano: Affrontare la perdita

Coping with loss involves the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral processes that individuals use to manage the stress and pain associated with losing someone or something important. In the context of psychology, this term refers to the strategies and mechanisms people employ to navigate through grief and adjust to life after a loss.

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Coprolalia

Coprolalia refers to the involuntary uttering of obscenities; the excessive and uncontrollable use of foul or obscene language, including words related to feces/bowel waste.

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Coprophagia

Coprophagia is the technical term for "eating feces". Some Coprophiliacs engage in Coprophagia, the eating of feces, which is a potentially hazardous activity due to the risks of infection with diseases such as hepatitis. Eating feces, even one's own feces have harmful consequencies, as the bowel bacteria are not necessarily safe to ingest.

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Coprophilia

Deutsch: Koprophilie / Español: Coprofilia / Português: Coprofilia / Français: Coprophilie / Italiano: Coprofilia

Coprophilia in the psychology context refers to a paraphilic disorder where an individual experiences sexual arousal and Pleasure from feces. This Condition is considered a type of sexual fetishism and can be associated with significant psychological distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

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Coprophiliacs

Coprophiliacs refer to persons who derived sexual excitement through the use of feces or filth; persons who have marked interest in excrement for sexual excitement and satisfaction. (see also Fecophilia, Coprophilia, Scat fetishism, Scat play, Scatology, Coprophagia )

Core

Deutsch: Core / Español: Core / Português: Core / Français: Core / Italiano: Core

Core refers to the defining features something must have to be considered an example of a category.

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Core area

Core area refers to the area in the temporal lobe that includes the primary auditory cortex (A1) and some nearby areas. Signals from the Core area are transmitted to the belt area of the auditory cortex.

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