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Neonativism is a theory in psychology that suggests that humans are born with innate knowledge, rather than acquiring it solely through experience and learning. The term "neonativism" was coined by cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor in the late 1970s, and the theory has been influential in the study of cognitive development and language acquisition.
The Neonativism (Structural constraint theory) describes the idea that much cognitive knowledge, such as object concept and certain aspects of language, is innate, requiring little in the way of specific experiences to be expressed, and that there are biological constraints, in that the mind/brain is designed to process certain types of information in certain ways.
NEOTWY (acronym formed by using the last letter of when (N), where (E) who (O) , what (T), how (W) and why (Y).) is an acronym to memorize questions.
NEPA stands for "Novelty, Experienced Pleasantness, Pre-existing Attitude" and is a tripartite model of affective evaluation that is used to describe how people evaluate new stimuli (novelty), how they experience pleasure or displeasure in response to the stimuli (experienced pleasantness), and how their prior knowledge or beliefs about the stimuli (pre-existing attitude) influences their affective evaluation.
Nepesh is a Hebrew word for "soul" that implies an inextricable involvement with a body, such that when the body dies the Nepesh (soul) also ceases to exist.