Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A reorganization of a problem, often rather sudden, which seems to be a characteristic of creative thought. Reorganization of a corporation (a hospital, for example) in order better to handle new functions and enterprises. The restructuring may involve the creation of several corporations where there was only one, consolidation or merger of corporations, establishment of…

The theory that the oversensitivity of obese persons to external cues is caused by the disinhibition of conscious restraints on eating, externality hypothesis; set-point hypothesis.  

To prohibit from action, to enjoin.  

Treatments to return a person to his or her predisease or preinjury condition with little or no handicap remaining, supportive rehabilitation; palliative rehabilitation.  

A person’s pulse rate while at rest. The normal pulse rate for a person whose fitness average is about 70 beats/min. The less a person is fit, the more likely the resting pulse rate will be higher. A physically fit person usually has a resting pulse rate below 70 beats/min.  

The use of any drug in such a way as to minimize the risk of negative consequences of such use.  

The obligation to perform assigned activity. Somebody or something which a person or organisation has a duty to take care of. The blame for something bad which has happened. The position of having to explain to somebody why something was done. Responsibility for professional actions. The ability to distinguish between right and wrong. Legally, it…

The theory that certain responses provide reinforcement.  

A tendency to respond to test questions in characteristic ways that distort the interpretation of a person’s performance.  

A technique of behavior therapy in which the person is discouraged from making an accustomed response that is used primarily with compulsive rituals. Refers to the planned practice of inhibiting compulsive behaviors when exposed to a feared event or stimulus.