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Because its body is so large that it consumes most of the energy it derived from food & its brain does not get proper supply of blood,which is most important for the development of brain finally which effects the psychological development.

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What word means an effect produced on the mind?

The word you are looking for is "psychological."


Are mood disorders psychological or biological?

The best answer is yes. In other words, they are a psychological disorder that has a biological or genetic component or predisposition. Any disorder affecting mood is psychological by definition. If it effects your mood then it is having a psychological effect on you. So, that fulfills the first part of the question. In addition, there is evidence that mood disorders are the result of an abnormality in brain chemistry that produces the psychological effect. People with mood disorders are different in the way their brains handle the absorption of the neurotransmitters which effect mood. There is also a lot of evidence that there is a genetic component to all of this, as mood disorders (especially bipolar disorder) does tend to run in families from generation to generation. So, yes. Your answer is Yes.


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The psychological process you are referring to is called the primacy-recency effect. This effect describes the tendency for individuals to remember information that is presented at the beginning (primacy effect) or end (recency effect) of a list better than information presented in the middle.


What are three possible causes of the placebo effect?

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