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What is a worldview and how does it affect cognition and behavior?
A worldview is a set of assumptions about physical and social reality that may have powerful effects on cognition and behavior.
Explain the organismic worldview and how it likens humans to other living organisms.
The organismic worldview likens humans to plants and other living organisms.
Describe the mechanistic worldview and how it compares human beings to machines.
The mechanistic worldview likens human beings to machines.
What is the contextual worldview and what does it focus on?
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What are the two main instinctual drives according to the theories of socio-emotional development and what do they motivate us to do?
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Which worldview likens humans to plants and other living organisms?
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According to theories of socio-emotional development, what are the two main instinctual drives?
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Which worldview focuses on the dynamic relationship between person and environment?
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Which part of the psyche operates at an unconscious level as the motor of the two main instinctual drives?
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According to the theories of socio-emotional development, what does the life instinct Eros aim for?
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