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18 hours ago · t. e. In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and its mental toll. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, and values in the environment. Cognitive dissonance is typically experienced as psychological stress when persons participate in an action ...
18 hours ago · Ontology. An illustration of Cartesian materialism, which argues that it is possible to find the content of conscious experience moment by moment in the mind. Materialism in general, arguing that matter is the fundamental ' substance ', is an influential perspective on ontology. Part of a series on. Philosophy.
18 hours ago · Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and written forms, and may also be conveyed through sign languages. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical diversity, with significant variations observed ...
18 hours ago · Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome ( ME/CFS) is a debilitating long-term medical condition. People with ME/CFS experience delayed worsening of the illness after minor physical or mental activity, which is the hallmark symptom of the illness. [10] Other core symptoms are a greatly reduced ability to do tasks that were previously ...
18 hours ago · The word psychopathy is a joining of the Greek words psyche ( ψυχή) "soul" and pathos ( πάθος) "suffering, feeling". [15] The first documented use is from 1847 in Germany as psychopatisch, [16] and the noun psychopath has been traced to 1885. [17] In medicine, patho- has a more specific meaning of disease (Thus pathology has meant the ...
- Genetic and environmental issues, such as neglect or abuse by parental figures.
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- Very few accepted treatments. Use of psychotherapy is accepted, though benefits are weak.
18 hours ago · Etymology and definitions According to legal scholar Fred R. Shapiro, the term "sexism" was most likely coined on November 18, 1965, by Pauline M. Leet during a "Student-Faculty Forum" at Franklin and Marshall College. Specifically, the word sexism appears in Leet's forum contribution "Women and the Undergraduate", and she defines it by comparing it to racism, stating in part, "When you argue ...
18 hours ago · v. t. e. The Weimar Republic, [b] officially known as the German Reich, [c] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.