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Vocabulary Unit 3
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 8th Grade Unit 3 Vocabulary | |
| Consumer | anyone who uses products or services |
| Product | the item being sold |
| Consumer Skills | techniques that enable you to make wise, informed purchases |
| Advertising | the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services |
| Deceive | To mislead, trick, bamboozle, hood wink, betray or abuse |
| Consumer Rights | a form of government regulation that protects the interests of consumers |
| Consumer Advocate | an organization or person that will pursue a complaint on behalf of a consumer without charging a fee |
| Redress | Seeking compensation for a wring doing one has suffered. |
| Responsibilities | Having the job or duty of doing something. |
| Quack | a person who markets inaccurate health |
| Quackery | consumer fraud or deception that involves the practice of promoting or selling useless products or services. |
| Fad | something that is very popular for a short period of time |
| Health Fraud | selling of products or services to prevent diseases or cure health problems that have not been scientifically proven safe or effective for such purposes. |
| Mental and emotional health | the ability to accept oneself and others, adapt to and cope with emotions, and deal with the problems and challenges one meets in life. |
| Anxiety Disorder | disorder in which intense anxiety or fear keeps a person from functioning normally |
| Phobia | an exaggerated fear of a specific situation or object. |
| Personality Disorder | a psychological condition that affects a person’s ability to interact normally with others |
| Mood Disorder | a disorder in which a person undergoes changes in mood that seem inappropriate or extreme |
| Major Depression | a very serious mood disorder in which people lose interest in life and can no longer find enjoyment in anything |
| Schizophrenia | a severe mental disorder in which people lose contact with reality |
| Therapy | an approach that teaches you different ways of thinking or behaving |
| Psychologist | a mental health professional who is trained and licensed by the state to perform therapy |
| Psychiatrist | a medical doctor with a specialty in the treatment of mental health problems |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | a disorder in which a person feels compelled to perform certain actions repeatedly in order to alleviate intrusive thoughts; |
| Eating Disorder | an extreme and damaging eating behavior that can lead to sickness and even death |
| Anorexia Nervosa | an eating disorder characterized by self |
| Bulimia | a condition in which a person eats large amounts of food and then secretly purges |
| Binge eating disorder | a compulsive overeating |
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