Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Chain of behavior
A behavior chain is a sequence of stimuli, thoughts, emotions, body reactions and actions leading to a specific behavior.
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Cognitive control
Cognitive control is the ability to direct attention, working memory, and responses in a manner consistent with a current goal.
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Coping
Coping is cognitive and behavioral ways of dealing with the stress, strain, or demands of a situation.
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Emotion processing
Emotion processing is recognizing, experiencing, understanding, and integrating emotions in a way that supports adaptive action.
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Emotions
Emotions are complex responses that include experience, the body, assessment of the significance of a situation, and readiness to act.
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Escapism
Escapism is escapism in activities, fantasies or stimuli that temporarily distract us from difficult reality.
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Executive activities
Executive functions are cognitive processes that help you plan, inhibit impulses, switch attention, and achieve goals.
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Identification of emotions
Emotion identification is the recognition and naming of the current emotional state based on body signals, thoughts and context.
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Impulse
An impulse is a sudden incitement to action that occurs before the consequences are fully assessed.
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Inhibition
Inhibition is the ability to inhibit impulses, reactions or information that do not serve a current purpose.
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Irritation
Irritation is a state of slight or increasing irritation, often signaling overload, boundary violation, or need frustration.
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Reactivity
Reactivity is the tendency to react quickly and intensely to stimuli before fuller reflection occurs.
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Reality tested
Reality testing is the practice of checking whether one's thoughts, emotions, and interpretations match the available facts.
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Regulation
Regulation is the process of influencing one's emotions, arousal, attention, and behavior to suit the situation and goals.
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Routine
Routine is a repeatable system of actions that organizes behavior and reduces the decision-making costs of everyday life.
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