Sentences with phrase «mental processing capacity»

In a series of experiments, Green gave groups of about 70 volunteers a battery of psychological tests that measured their mental performance in areas such as vigilance, speed of reaction, mental processing capacity and memory.

Not exact matches

It's OK to make mistakes occasionally but not so much when you are in the process of insulting someone else's mental capacity.

Zaret identifies three types of variables that probably have general relevance to the consideration of audiences: (1) social - structural variables that concern the size, social location, and access to material resources of a potential audience; (2) technical variables that specify some medium by which ideas can be communicated to this audience; and (3) cultural variables that deal with the general symbolic or mental capacities that the audience has at its disposal for processing the ideas to which it is exposed.

Neuroscientists have conclusively demonstrated in recent years that when children spend their early years in environments that subject them to toxic levels of stress, it can impair the development of certain mental capacities that matter a whole lot when they get to school — the ability to manage strong emotions, to process complex instructions, to bounce back from disappointments.

Those changes impair the development of an important set of mental capacities that help children regulate their thoughts and feelings, and that impairment makes it difficult later on for them to process information and manage emotions in ways that allow them to succeed at school.

«In general, juveniles differ from adults in their biologic development and mental processes and capacities.

You have to spend as much time and mental capacity on your primary process, doing good science and as little as possible on your secondary processes.

A child who wants a pet should be involved in the adoption process and be taught, to the extent of his mental capacity, the responsibilities attached.

In these circumstances she was not just likely to make a bad financial decision (as she was entitled to do under the mental capacity test) if she felt this was necessary to maintain a romantic relationship, but because of those factors she was unable properly «to use or weigh that information as part of the process of making the decision».

This process requires the person propounding the validity of a will to prove on a balance of probabilities that the will was completed in compliance with the necessary legal formalities, the will maker knew and approved of the contents of the will and the will maker had the necessary mental capacity to make a will (called testamentary capacity).

This approach is endorsed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research given that it emphasises participation by the people being studied, cultural respect, capacity building and collaboration.32 The key features of the action research approach to be used in this study are «cyclical activities involving examination of existing processes, change monitoring the apparent effects of the change, and further change».33 This will help the services develop and implement practical strategies to improve the identification and treatment of cannabis and related mental health issues in their young Indigenous clients.

Innovative strategies are needed to build the knowledge and capacity of practitioners, improve system - level processes and response, enhance the community and service provider network, and provide adequate support for young Indigenous people seeking help for cannabis and mental health issues.

The process of mentalizing often occurs automatically, without thought or deliberation, and is influenced by many factors, including the capacity to observe one's own mental actions, as well as posture, sensation, and movement of the body.

The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

Early childhood mental health consultation is a relationship - based, collaborative process to address a specific developmental, behavioral, or mental health concern and build capacity that engages all partners — families, staff, consultant - in the context of an ECE setting or other organization where the child is being served (Cohen & Kaufmann, 2005).