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Formal education describes the learning of academic facts and concepts through a formal curriculum.

Formal education

This kind of quantitative data — research collected in numerical form that can be counted — are easy to tabulate.

quantitative data

The power in an oligarchy is held by a small, elite group.

an oligarchy

The French king was executed in January 1793, and the next two years became known as the Terror, a period of extreme violence against perceived enemies of the revolutionary government.

the Terror

Behavior is the change in activity of an organism in response to a stimulus.

Behavior

The cytochrome complex, an enzyme composed of two protein complexes, transfers the electrons from the carrier molecule plastoquinone( Pq) to the protein plastocyanin( Pc), thus enabling both the transfer of protons across the thylakoid membrane and the transfer of electrons from PSII to PSI.

The cytochrome complex

The term personality refers loosely to one’s stable, consistent, and distinctive way of thinking about, feeling, acting, and relating to the world.

personality

The organic and inorganic material in which soils form is the parent material.

the parent material

Our perceptions are based on perceptual hypotheses : educated guesses that we make while interpreting sensory information.

perceptual hypotheses

But while a current in a circuit needs a complete path, an antenna has a varying charge distribution forming a standing wave, driven by the AC.

an antenna

While the sympathetic nervous system is activated in stressful situations, the parasympathetic nervous system allows an animal to rest and digest.

the parasympathetic nervous system

A firm’s first sale of stock to the public is called an initial public offering (IPO).

an initial public offering IPO

We experience congruence when our thoughts about our real self and ideal self are very similar — in other words, when our self - concept is accurate.

congruence

In Müllerian mimicry, multiple species share the same warning coloration, but all of them actually have defenses.

Müllerian mimicry

Animals communicate with each other using stimuli known as signals.

signals

The occipital cortex is organized retinotopically, which means there is a close relationship between the position of an object in a person’s visual field and the position of that object’s representation on the cortex.

The occipital cortex retinotopically

The basolateral complex has dense connections with a variety of sensory areas of the brain.

The basolateral complex

The molarity of a solution is the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.

The molarity of a solution

Recall that vectors are quantities that have both magnitude and direction.

vectors

Pain that signals some type of tissue damage is known as inflammatory pain.

inflammatory pain

This process of cell division is called mitosis.

mitosis

Still other viruses affect the plant by directly killing plant cells, a process known as cell necrosis.

cell necrosis

The connection between the sister chromatids is closest in a region called the centromere.

the centromere

Hearing is the perception of sound, just as vision is the perception of visible light.

Hearing vision

Organs are collections of tissues grouped together performing a common function.

organs

Friendship is the bond that forms between two or more people who share common values, trust, and understanding of each other.

friendship

Logic is the study of valid reasoning and the principles that govern it, which enable us to analyze arguments and evaluate their validity.

logic

Mindfulness is the mental state of being present in the moment and focusing on one's thoughts and emotions with an open, non-judgmental attitude.

mindfulness

Nursing is a profession dedicated to offering care, support, and assistance to individuals in need.

nursing

It's the ability or process of producing new ideas, concepts, or things, often through synthesis or combination of existing elements.

creativity