Glossary I

Ill-structured problems are problems that lack well-defined paths to solution

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Illeist refers to a person who refers to oneself in the third person.

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Illness refers to the presence of a physical or mental disease or impairment ; the experiences associated with disease that ultimately affect the person’s overall state of being and social functioning.

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Illness behavior refer to those activities undertaken by people who feel ill and who wish to discover their state of health, as well as suitable remedies.

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Illness delay refers to the time between recognizing that a symptom implies an illness and the decision to seek treatment.

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Illness representations (schemas) refer to an organized set of beliefs about an illness or a type of illness that include its nature, cause, duration, and consequences. .

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Illocutionary force refers to the action that is performed by a speaker in uttering a sentence as stated in Speech act theory,

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Illogical thought refers to a thought that is intuitive, haphazard, or irrational.

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