The overt response of an individual toward stimuli in his environment.
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Community
An aggregate of families living in a specific facility, bound together by common interests and goals.
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Culture
The total pattern of human behavior and its products, transmitted to succeeding generations using tools, language, and abstract thoughts.
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Disease
The interruption of health due to invasion of microorganisms, trauma, or dysfunction of body parts due to age, nutritional deficiency, or metabolic disorder.
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Family
A basic unit of society composed of biological or sociological parents and children born of or adopted by them.
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Health
Optimum level of wellness in an individual which allows him to function adequately in daily life activities.
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Personality
The complex characteristics that distinguish a particular individual from another or characterizes him in his relationship with others.
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Religion
A personal awareness of the existence of a Supreme Being or of Supernatural Powers, expressed in feelings of reverence, worship, and faith.
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Society
An enduring social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationship through interaction with one another.
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Closed System
A self-sufficient, fully isolated system that does not allow external stimuli to penetrate its boundaries.
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Open System
A system that exchanges matter, energy, or information with the environment surrounding it.
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Organismic Behavior
Observable features and actions reflecting an individual's functioning as a unified whole within their environment.
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Subordinate System
Consists of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
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Superordinate System
Includes family, community, and society.
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Intellect
The ability of man to look for truth and perceive surroundings.
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Will
Man's own wishes and desires, giving power to conscious and deliberate action.
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Faith
The unquestioning belief in someone or something, or complete trust and confidence.
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Hope
Nourishes faith, and is a vital factor in health care settings.
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Charity
Love of man for his fellow men, allowing selfless service to others.
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Transcendence
The ability to overcome physical and social needs, descriptive of man's spiritual nature.
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