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accepted assigned goal
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Definition An assigned <goal> that the person has some level of commitment to.

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accepting responsibility for changing one’s behaviour
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Definition An <emotional-relevance appraisal process> in which the person comes to feel that they have a responsibility to change their behaviour.

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acquired drive
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Definition A <drive process> in which the physiological need is acquired through experience.

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action planning
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Definition <Planning> that has as a part some goal that is specified in terms of some behaviour and a time or place where the behaviour is to be enacted.

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action schema
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Definition A <cognitive schema> that when activated, guides a sequence of behaviours.

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active goal
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Definition A <goal> that is being pursued at any one point in time.

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addiction
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Definition A <mental disposition> towards repeated episodes of abnormally high levels of motivation to engage in a behaviour, acquired as a result of engaging in the behaviour, where the behaviour results in risk or occurrence of serious net harm.

Comment While 'addiction' is a disposition relating to experience motivation to use a substance, 'substance dependence' refers to 'disposition related to the impaired functioning in the absence of a substance'.

 
 
aesthetic appreciation disposition
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Definition A <psychological need> to experience beauty.

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affective attitude
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Definition A <mental disposition> to experience a subjective affective feeling about something.

Comment The entity (‘something’) that is the object of the attitude is usually referred to as the ‘attitude object’.

 
 
affective attitude acquired through association
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Definition An <affective attitude> that results from associative learning.

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affective attitude towards a behaviour
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Definition An <affective attitude> in which the entity that is the attitude object is a behaviour.

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affective process
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Definition A <mental process> that has positive or negative valence.

Comment Valence refers to the 'the subjective value of an event, object, person, or other entity in the life space of the individual' (https://dictionary.apa.org/valence). Valence ranges from negative to positive.

 
 
amount of social reinforcement for a behaviour
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Definition A <data item> that is about the frequency and strength of social reinforcement that is experienced by the person.

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anatomical structure
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Definition A <material anatomical entity> that is a single connected structure with inherent 3D shape generated by coordinated expression of the organism's own genome.

Comment The formal definition for this definition does not include the influence of the environment on anatomical structure, as the class was reused from the Uber-anatomy ontology. This ontology defines anatomical structure for all organisms, including those whose anatomical structure might not be directly influenced by an interaction between genes and the environment. An example for this class serving as a mechanism of action would be in an intervention that targets change in anatomical structure. For instance, a gastric bypass surgery can change the structure of the stomach and intestines, and thereby change eating behaviours.

 
 
anger
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Definition A negative emotion, characterised by feelings of unpleasantness and high arousal, in the form of antagonistic feelings and action tendencies.

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