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Alarm stage refers to the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), when there is emotional arousal and the defensive forces of the body are prepared for fight or flight.

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Albert Bandura (1925-present) -
A social psychologist, Bandura's research includes studies in observational learning.

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Albert Camus explores meaninglessness through the view that life is absurd. Recognizing and resisting the absurdity becomes the balance of life.

Albert Ellis (1913-2007) - Ellis, a cognitive psychologist, developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), a system for transforming the irrational beliefs that cause undesirable, highly charged emotional reactions.

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- Albertus Magnus (German, ca. 1200–1280) : Albertus Magnus deemphasized the role of the ventricles in brain functioning. Please see also St. Albertus Magnus

Albinism refers to a Group of Genetic disorders in which the affected individual has reduced or absent pigmentation. This usually affects the hair, skin and eyes. There are times whe

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Alcmaeon (fl. ca. 500 B.C.) is one of the first Greek physicians to move away from the magic and superstition of temple medicine and toward a naturalistic understanding and treatment of illness.

Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. It is an ethanol produced by the action of yeast on sugars. Ethanol is a biphasic drug: low doses have a different effect to high doses.

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