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Basic anxiety

Basic anxiety refers to a primary form of anxiety that arises from living in a hostile world.; a pervasive feeling of loneliness and helplessness said to be the foundation of neurosis. According to Horney, it is the feeling of being alone and helpless in a hostile world that a child experiences when he or she represses basic hostility. (See also Basic hostility.)

Basic biological needs

Basic biological needs refers to the first step in Maslow’s needs hierarchy, concerning survival needs for food, air, water, and the like.

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Basic child grammar

Basic child grammar refers to the grammatical characteristics of early child language, such as telegraphic speech, found in numerous languages.

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Basic color

Basic color refers to color and that is only one (1) morpheme, not contained within another color, and not restricted to a small number of referents.

Basic cry

Basic cry refers to cry that starts softly and gradually becomes more intense that is usually heard when babies are hungry or tired.

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Basic emotions

Basic emotions refer to emotions experienced by humankind which consist of three (3) elements : 1. a subjective feeling ;. 2. a physiological change; and 3. an overt behavior They are the set of emotions present at birth or emerging early in the first year that some theorists believe to be biologically programmed.

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Basic evil

Basic evil a term used which is according to Horney is anything that parents do to frustrate the basic needs of their child and thus undermine the child's feeling of security.

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Basic gender identity

Basic gender identity refers to the stage of gender identity in which the child first labels the self as a boy or a girl

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