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Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder refers to a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of poor impulse control and instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, and self -image. It is a syndrome characterized by rapidly shifting and unstable mood, self-concept, and interpersonal relationships, as well as impulsive behavior and transient dissociative states Characteristics include unstable interpersonal relationships and rapid mood changes in a short period of time. Behavior is often erratic, unpredictable, and impulsive in areas such as spending, eating, sex, or gambling. Emotional relationships tend to be intense, with individuals becoming easily angry or disappointed in the relationship.

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Bored With Life Syndrome

Bored With Life Syndrome (BWLS) refers to combined feelings of depression, frustration, boredom and uselessness which manifest in married males and females after the initial sexual energy in their relationships has waned or disappeared.

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Born criminal

Deutsch: Geborener Verbrecher / Español: Criminal Nato / Português: Criminoso Nato / Français: Criminel-Né / Italiano: Criminale Nato /

Born criminal is a term which is according to Lombroso, a person born with features resembling an earlier, more primitive form of human life, destined to become a criminal.

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Borna disease

Borna disease refers to a viral infection that affects the nervous system, producing results that range from exaggerated activity fluctuations to death.

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BOS

BOS is the abbreviations of Behavioral observation scales, a method of performance Appraisal in which supervisors rate the frequency of observed behaviors.

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Boss

In psychology, "boss" is not typically used as a term or concept. However, the concept of "leadership" is relevant to psychology and can be studied from different perspectives.

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Bottom-up process

Bottom-up process refers to cognitive, usually perceptual) process guided by environmental input. Bottom-up process is also called "data-driven ” process.

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Bottom-up processing

Bottom-up processing refers to a response to a stimulus directly in terms of what is seen or experienced
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Bottom-up processing refers to the act of basing judgments on data rather than on inference.

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