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Deutsch: Biologische Unreife / Español: Inmadurez Biológica / Português: Imaturidade Biológica / Français: Immaturité Biologique / Italiano: Immaturità Biologica /
Biological immaturity refers to the incomplete anatomical and physiological development associated with early adolescence or preadolescence
Biological model of addiction refers to the model of addiction that holds that addiction is due primarily to a person's neurology and genetic disposition.
Biological perspective refers to a theoretical perspective in which it is assumed that disturbances in emotions, behavior, and cognitive processes are caused by abnormalities in the functioning of the body. Biological perspective is the attempt to explain behavior in terms of underlying biological principles; the approach to identifying causes of behavior that focuses on the functioning of the genes, the brain, the nervous system, and the endocrine system.