What Is Meant by the Term Schizophrenia? What Are the Major

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Essay

What is meant by the term schizophrenia? What are the major cognitive, behavioural, emotional, and perceptual features of these disorders?

Identify technologies and strategies that assist people with sensory disabilities.

Understand the principles of Gestalt psychology and how they influence perception.

Appreciate the complexity of attention processes, including selective attention and the factors that affect attention.

Understand the role of experience and expectations in influencing perception.

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Definitions:

Behavior

The way a person or animal behaves or responds when influenced by external or internal factors.

Conditioned

Refers to the learned response or behavior that results from the consistent pairing of an originally neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflexive response.

Narcotic Drug

Substances that can change a person's consciousness or mood and are often used for pain relief but can lead to addiction.

Behaviorism

A theory of learning which states that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning processes and interactions with the environment, without the need for internal thoughts or feelings.