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- adaptive
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a behavior or trait that helps an organism adjust and function well within a changing environment; increases chances of survival
- anecdotal
- consisting of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or scientific investigation
- assess
- to examine something in order to judge or evaluate it; to calculate value based on various factors
- attribute (n)
- a quality or characteristic
- attribute (vt)
- to think of something as caused by a particular circumstance
- causal
- involving, implying, or constituting a cause; (NOT casual!)
- clinical
- based on or involving medical treatment, practice, observation, or diagnosis
- cognitive
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relating to the process of acquiring knowledge by the use of reasoning, intuition,
perception, memory, understanding, thought processes, and language - conscience
- an individual’s sense of right and wrong; in psychoanalysis, the superego
- conscious
- awake and responsive to stimuli; aware of something and attaching importance to it
- dispositional
- based on an individual’s inclination or tendency to act in a particular way
- dissociate
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to separate a group of mental processes from the rest of the mind, causing them to
lose their normal relationship with it - eclectic
- made up of elements from various sources
- empirical
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based on or characterized by observation and experiment rather than theory;
knowledge from experience, particularly from sensory observation, rather than from the
application of logic
- etiology
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the investigation of causes and origins; branch of medicine that investigates the causes
and origins of disease - exacerbate
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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of disease, ill feelings, etc.;
to aggravate
- extraneous
- not relevant, applicable, essential, or important; existing or coming from outside
- extrinsic
- coming or operating from outside something
- fundamental
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relating to or affecting the underlying principles or structure of something; serving
as an essential part of something - hierarchy
- categorization of members of a group according to the importance of each
- hypothesis
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a testable prediction that gives direction to research; a tentative explanation for a
phenomenon, used as a basis for further investigation - inferential (adj), inference (n),
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the process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence or
reasoning
- intrinsic
- occurring wholly within or belonging wholly to a part of the body
- irrational
- contrary to or lacking in reason or logic; lacking the normal ability to think clearly
- maladaptive
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a behavior or trait that is counterproductive to the survival or well-being of an
organism
- objective
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free of any bias or prejudice caused by personal feelings; based on facts rather than
thoughts or opinions - perception – perceive
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the process of using the senses to acquire information about the
surrounding environment or situation - perspective
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a measured or objective assessment of a situation, giving all elements their
comparative importance; a point of view - phenomenon
- a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable (plural -- phenomena)
- prognosis
- a medical opinion as to the likely course and outcome of a disease
- protocol
- the detailed plan of a scientific experiments, medical trial, or other piece of research
- rational
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able to think clearly and sensibly because the mind is not impaired by physical or mental
condition, violent emotion, or prejudice - rationale
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the reasoning or principle that underlies or explains a particular course of action, or a
statement setting out these reasons or principles - relevant
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having some sensible or logical connection with something else; having some bearing on
or importance for real-world issues, present-day events or the current state of society - rubric
- a set of printed rules or instructions
- sensation - sense
- a physical feeling caused by having one or more of the sense organs stimulated
- situational
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based in an individual’s inclination or tendency to respond to environmental
circumstances - speculate
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to make a judgment or form an opinion on something based on incomplete facts or
information
- statistics
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a branch of mathematics that deals with the analysis and interpretation of numerical
data in terms of samples and populations - subjective
- based on somebody’s opinions or feelings rather than on facts or evidence
- systematic
- carried out in a methodical and organized manner
- theoretical
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about, involving or based on theory; dealing with theory or speculation rather than
practical applications - theorist
- one who holds or expounds a theory
- theory
- the body of rules, ideas, principles, and techniques that apply to a particular subject