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Winter blues

Winter blues refers to depression that occurs only during fall and winter; presumably related to decreased exposure to sunlight. Winter blues is also known as Seasonal affective disorder (SAD ), Winter depression, Cabin fever, Hibernation reaction

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Winter depression

Winter depression refers to period of depression that recurs seasonally, such as in winter Winter depression is another name for Seasonal affective disorder (SAD ), Cabin fever, Hibernation reaction or Winter blues

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Wire Taps

Wire Taps refers to the method of listening in on phone conversations

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Wisdom

wisdom refers to a type of expert knowledge that reflects sound judgment and good advice in the face of high levels of uncertainty.

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Wish fulfillment

Wish fulfillment refers to Freudian belief that many dreams express unconscious desires. In an effort to satisfy bodily needs, the Id conjures up images of objects or events that will satisfy those needs.

Wish Fulfillment Theory

Wish Fulfillment Theory refers to Sigmund's Freud best known Theory of dreaming (1900) where he claimed that all dreams represent wish fulfillment, mainly of repressed desires, exampl

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Wishful thinking

wishful thinking refers to a characteristic of preschool thought such that children usually do not differentiate between their wishes and their expectations.

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Withdrawal

Withdrawal means general orientation of wariness toward people and objects. It is also refers to an approach to handling conflict in which one of the parties removes him/herself from the situation to avoid the conflict.

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