Explain What Night Terrors Are, What Appears to Cause Them

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Essay

Explain what night terrors are, what appears to cause them, and who is most likely to suffer from them.

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Definitions:

Empiricists

Empiricists are philosophers who believe that all knowledge comes from sensory experience and observation rather than innate ideas or traditions.

Biologically Adaptive

Traits or behaviors that have evolved to help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Blank Slate

The idea that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and all knowledge comes from experience or perception, also known as tabula rasa.

Nativists

Proponents of the theory that certain skills or abilities are innate and not acquired through learning or experience.