a loss of will power
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Decentration
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.; "Decentration includes an understanding of how others see the world and seeing how we differ."
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
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The act or process of acquiring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s.; "Although bosonic string theory has many attractive features, it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jean, piaget, theory, cognitive, development.To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.
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