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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
Deutsch: Biologisches Modell / Español: modelo biológico / Português: modelo biológico / Français: modèle biologique / Italiano: modello biologico
Biological Model in psychology refers to an approach that explains psychological disorders, behaviours, and cognitive processes through biological factors such as genetics, brain structure, neurochemistry, and physiology. This model assumes that mental health conditions and human behaviour are largely influenced by physical and biological processes, such as neurotransmitter imbalances, brain abnormalities, and inherited traits.
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.