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Adaptive reflexes

Adaptive reflexes refer to reflexes such as sucking that help newborns survive; some adaptive reflexes persist throughout life.

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Adaptive self-organization

Adaptive self -organization refers to the process by which an open system retains its essential identity when confronted with new and constant environmental conditions. It creates new substructures, revises the relationships among components, and establishes new, higher levels of organization that coordinate existing substructures. Moreover, it is adjustments made by an operating system in which feedback mechanisms identify and respond to environmental changes in order to maintain and enhance the functioning of the system

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Adaptive significance

Adaptive significance refers to the effectiveness of behaviour in aiding organisms to adjust to changing environmental conditions.

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Adaptive strategy choice model

Deutsch: Adaptives Strategieauswahlmodell / Español: Modelo de elección de estrategia adaptativa / Português: Modelo de escolha de estratégia adaptativa / Français: Modèle de choix de stratégie adaptative / Italiano: Modello di scelta strategica adattiva /

Adaptive strategy choice model refers to Siegler's model to describe how strategies change over time; the view that multiple strategies exist within a child's cognitive repertoire at any one time, with these strategies competing with one another for use.

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ADD

ADD is the abbreviations of Attention Deficit Disorder which refers to a chronic, developmental and behavioral disorder that initially manifests in childhood that is characterized b

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Added Value

Added Value often refers to the analysis undertaken by management of the cost and contribution made by employees involved at each stage in the process of producing a product or providing a service.

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Addiction

Addiction refers to a chronic, relapsing disease, characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and drug use and by neurochemical and molecular changes in the brain.

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Addiction Recovery

Deutsch: Suchtgenesung / Español: Recuperación de la adicción / Português: Recuperação do vício / Français: Rétablissement de la dépendance / Italiano: Recupero dalla dipendenza

Addiction Recovery refers to the Process through which individuals overcome Substance use disorders or behavioral addictions, regain Control over their lives, and achieve long-term well-Being. It involves physical, psychological, and social Healing, often requiring a Combination of Therapy, medical Treatment, peer support, and Lifestyle changes. The journey is highly individualized and may include setbacks, but the Goal is sustained sobriety and improved Quality of life.

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