is a serious psychological disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations, loss of contact with reality,inappropriate affect, disorganized speech, social withdrawal, and deterioration of adaptivebehavior

is a behavior disorder characterized by inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity, in which symptomsare present before 12 years of age

they use already developed schemas to understand newinformation

is a clinicallyrecognizable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and withinterference with personal functions

or those outward changes that indicatephysical maturation, but are not involved in reproduction

an individual’s consistent patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving

The tendency to attribute personality characteristics to people on the basis oftheir external appearance or their social group memberships

 involves learning new information, and thus changing the schema

also know as clinical depression is a mentaldisorder characterized by significant distress or impairment in important areas of function

the physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and socialemotional changes that occur throughout human life, which are guided by both geneticpredispositions (nature) and environmental influences (nurture)