• humans
  • Leda Cosmides and John Tooby noted that William James (1842-1910) argued that humans have more instincts than animals, and that greater freedom of action is the result of having more psychological instincts, not fewer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stress
  • Selye demonstrated that stress decreases adaptability of an organism and proposed to describe the adaptability as a special resource, adaptation energy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chronic stress and a lack of coping resources available or used by an individual can often lead to the development of psychological issues such as delusions, depression and anxiety (see below for further information). (wikipedia.org)
  • human
  • This difference in theory can be seen in research on modern human sexual preferences, with behaviourists arguing that attraction has conditioning influences, such as from the media or cultural norms, while others arguing it is based on psychological adaptations. (wikipedia.org)
  • While psychological knowledge is often applied to the assessment and treatment of mental health problems, it is also directed towards understanding and solving problems in several spheres of human activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, he encourages such evidence to be obtained: "Whether human males possess psychological adaptations for rape will only be answered by careful studies seeking evidence for such cognitive specializations. (wikipedia.org)
  • More recently, she and her colleagues at the Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development in Nairobi, Kenya and the Alliance for Human Development have focused on the adaptation, implementation, and evaluation of approaches to improve development. (wikipedia.org)
  • social
  • Areas of scientific research include field of personality's social-psychological adaptation and readaptation in terms of transformational changes in contemporary society. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Conservation of Resources theory (COR), people strive to obtain, retain and protect their personal resources, either instrumental (e.g., money or shelter), social (e.g., social support or status) or psychological (e.g., self-esteem or sense of autonomy). (wikipedia.org)
  • processes
  • Ukrainian) "Integrative processes of teambuilding groups: socio-psychological and ethnic aspects:" V.I. Bochelyuk, N.Y. Zavatskaya, A.A. Samoilov, Ed. N.Y. Zavatskaya.Luhansk, Alchevsk: Center for Career Planning, 2013. (wikipedia.org)
  • fall
  • The SSSM has retained and reified the nature/nurture dichotomy, and its practitioners have meticulously amassed evidence over the years which 'proves' that the overwhelming majority of psychological phenomena fall in the 'nurture' category. (wikipedia.org)
  • knowledge
  • Ukrainian) "Management process and formation of organizational culture in higher school: socio-psychological aspect: N.Y. Zavatskaya, O.A. Mitichkina, Ed. N.Y. Zavatskaya.Luhansk: Publishing House "Knowledge", 2013 .192 p. (wikipedia.org)
  • evidence
  • There is extensive evidence that incest avoidance, which is the tendency to avoid sexual intercourse with close relatives is an evolved behavioural adaptation. (wikipedia.org)
  • aspects
  • Ukrainian) "Sociocultural and psychological aspects of adaptation of the individual in modern society : monograph, Ed. N.Y. Zavatskaya. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ukrainian) "Socialpsychological aspects of youth adaptation to the market economy: N.Y. Zavatskaya, V.Y. Kharchenko, Ed. N.Y. Zavatskaya.Luhansk: East Ukrainian National University named after V. Dahl, 2012.228 p. (wikipedia.org)
  • humans
  • Night blindness may be a feature of severe zinc deficiency, however most reports of night blindness and abnormal dark adaptation in humans with zinc deficiency have occurred in combination with other nutritional deficiencies (e.g. vitamin A). Impaired immune function in people with zinc deficiency can lead to the development of respiratory, gastrointestinal, or other infections, e.g., pneumonia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Again, this disorder is a malfunction of a normal adaptation in all humans to check that a door is locked, to wash to keep us clean, etc. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1991
  • In the 1990s, he made appearances in such film as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, guest starred in the 1991 "Lisa's Substitute" episode of The Simpsons, medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), thriller Mad City (1997), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro. (wikipedia.org)
  • personality
  • Person characteristics may include an individual's biological or psychological needs, values, goals, abilities, or personality, while environmental characteristics could include intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, demands of a job or role, cultural values, or characteristics of other individuals and collectives in the person's social environment (French et al. (wikipedia.org)
  • thriller
  • For the last few months, I've been working on another psychological thriller. (blogspot.com)
  • The 1970s saw Hoffman star in several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including the Western Little Big Man (1970), psychological thriller Straw Dogs (1971), prison film Papillon (1973) alongside Steve McQueen, Lenny (1974) about the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, and the political thriller All the President's Men (1976) as journalist Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford). (wikipedia.org)
  • She was also slated to star in the psychological thriller Acts of Mercy. (wikipedia.org)
  • He was acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the neo-noir crime drama The Departed (2006), the espionage thriller Body of Lies (2008), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), the science fiction thriller Inception (2010), the biographical film J. Edgar (2011), the western Django Unchained (2012), and the period drama The Great Gatsby (2013). (wikipedia.org)
  • process
  • The first was that a midlife crisis is part of a continuing developmental process of maturation and adaptation that characterizes aging. (encyclopedia.com)
  • This process, known as separation , is filled with questions about underlying preferences and how closely they align with what has been presented to the world for the sake of adaptation. (encyclopedia.com)