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_____are a series of principles that describe how we organize bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
Biological Perspective
The biological perspective looks at psychology in terms of biological processes, structures, and substances and how they influence behavior, thoughts, and emotions.
Drugs
Substances used to treat, prevent, or diagnose illness, or used recreationally to alter mood or consciousness.
Psychodynamic Model
A psychological theory that emphasizes unconscious psychological processes (e.g., desires, thoughts, feelings) and contends that childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality.
Displacement
The event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten.
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