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All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.
Analytical
Anthropology
Argumentative
Assess
Attitude Skills
Aural (audio) Learners.
B
Biochemistry
Biology/Microbiology
Botany
Branches of Science
Cells arise from pre-existing cells.
Chemistry
Christopher Alexander and J.
Clarifying Objectives
Classic Study Skills
Comedy
Components of Attitude
Confirmation bias
Correlation isn’t causation
DNA
DNA is passed between cells during cell division.
Decision Theory
Determining Characteristics
Earth Science/Life Science
Ecology
Economics
Electromagnetic Force.
Embodied, Predictive & Interoceptive Framework
Energy flow occurs within cells.
Establishing Functions
Evaluating Alternatives
Execute
Expository
Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence
Falsifiablity
Fire Skills
Food Skills
Formal
Formal Sciences
Fundamental Forces (Interactions)
Generating Alternatives
Geography
Geology
God
Gravity.
Heterophonic
Homophonic
Homorhythmic
I am not Power.
I cause most of my problems.
I falsely claim power and try.
I pray to be under God's will.
I will confess and share this.
I will rely on Power, not self.
I will show more forgiveness.
I will stop claiming and trying.
I will stop controlling others.
I'll do good more & bad less.
Identifying Opportunities
Illusions
Improving Details
Inheritance
Ismailism
Learning Styles
Liskov substitution
Logic
Logical (analytical) Learner.
Mathematics
Meteorology
Modern Cell theory
Monophonic
Musical Textures
Muslim life
Narrative
Natural
Natural Sciences
Natural/ Nature Learners.
Naturalist Skills
Noble Pursuits of Man
Observation Bias
Occam’s Razor
Oceanography
Opportunities
Overcoming the Monster
Persuasive
Physics/Cosmology
Plan
Political science
Polyphonic
Power does exist.
Power please guide me.
Processing bias
Psychology
Rags to Riches
Re-evaluate
Rebirth
Replicability
Research Principles
Rule out rival hypotheses
SOLID object-oriented programming
SPEAR Survival Plan
SWOT Analysis
Setting Requirements
Shelter Skills
Six Basic Survival Skills
Social
Social Learners (aka Linguistic Learners).
Social Science
Sociology
Solo Learners.
Space Science
Statistics
Stop
Strategies for effective learning
Strengths
Strong Force.
Systems Theory
The Learning Attitude
The Quest
The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.
The cells of all organisms within a similar species are mostly the same, both structurally and chemically.
Theoretical Computer-Science
Threats
Three Tenants of Cell theory
Tragedy
US government
Verbal Learners (aka Linguistic Learners).
Visual (spatial) Learners.
Visual Perception
Voyage and Return
Water Skills
Weak Force.
Weaknesses
Writing Styles
Zoology
absolutes
abysmal
acceptance
accomodator
accumulating
achievement
achiever
act
action
activist
acts of service
adaptation
adenine
adoration
adventure
advertise
aesthetics
affect
affective
affective (feelings)
afraid
agape
agent
agreeableness
air
ambiguities
ammo
anagogical
anal
analysis
analyst
analyze
anchoring and adjustment
anger
angry
animal
annotate
anthropology
anticipation
antithesis
application
aquarius
archaea
archaeology
archery
archetypical
architecture
argument
argumentative
aries
aristocracy
arithmetic
arousing
art
artha
assimilator
astronomy
attaching
audio
auditory
austerities
authority
autonomous
availability
avarice
avoidant
avoiding
awareness
bacteria
ballot
bargaining
be
beauty
becoming
behavioral change
behavioural
being
belly
benevolence
biological anthropology
biology
birth
bitter
blue
body
body and mind
bored
box of liberty
brain
brainstem
bushido
called
calligraphy
cancer
capricorn
cardinal virtue
care
causal
cause
cell
cell cycle
cell division
cerebellum
cerebrum
cessation
characterize
chariotry
charismatic
charismatic authority
charity
chastity
check
chemistry
chi
choleric
circuit
civilization
clarity
class
climax
clinging
cognition
cognitive
cognitive (beliefs)
cognitive development
cognitive functions
collaborative
collection
color
committee
common
compassion
competence
competitive
completion
complex overt response
comprehension
conative (behavior)
concentration
conceptual
concomitant variations
concrete example
concrete operational
condensation
conduct
conformist
conformity
confrontation
conjunctive
conscientious
conscientiousness
conscious competence
conscious incompetence
consciousness
constitutive (operational closure)
contact
contemplation
context-free
context-sensitive
contextualize
contradiction
control
converger
courage
covetousness
craving
create
creating obstacles
creative
critic
critical
crown
cultural anthropology
cycle
cytosine
danger
darkness
data model
death
decision
declarative
deep sleep
define
deliberative thinking
deliver
deluding
democracy
denial
dependency inversion
dependent
deposition
depression
descriptive
design methods
design process
despair
develop
devotion
dharma
dicent indexical legisign
dicent sinsign
dicent symbol
difference
diligence
direct agreement
discourse
discourse position
discover
discovery
disease
disgust
disgusted
dissemination
distortion
distress
diverger
do
dream
dreaming
duel coding
early math
ears
earth
earthquake
ecology
economic growth
effect
efficient (creator)
effort
ego
ego development
elaboration
electric
element
embodied cognition (observation)
emotional
empirical
enclosure
encode
energy
enthusiast
entrance
envy
equality
equanimity
eros
essence
essential duty
ethical
ethics
ethos
eukarya
eukaryote
eustress
evaluation
evolution
example
exciting
exclamatory
execute
executive branch
exist
existence
existential
explanation
exploit
exploitative
explore
explorer
exposition
expository
express
external stimulus
extraversion
eyes
fable
failed
fairy-tale
faith
fall
familial
family
fascination
fasting
father
fear
feedback
feel
feeling
feet
fetishism
fiction
fidelity
final (function)
finding body
finding feeling
finding life span
finding status
fire
flood
folk-tale
font
form
formal (design)
formal operational
forming
forward/back
fossil
foundation
fraternity
free flow
freedom of motion
freezing
friend
friendly
frivolous talk
function of consciousness
galactic
gamer
gas
gemini
generating
generosity
genital
gentle
genus
geometry
getting
glide reflection
glory
gluttony
goodness
grammar
grasping
grass
gravitational
green
grief
gross
group development
grouping
guanine
guided response
guna
handmaid
hands
happy
harming karma
head
healing karma
health
hearing
hearth
heaven
hedonism
hell
helper
heuristic
hierarchy
high mass consumption
hoarding
holy sage
holy spirit
honesty
honor
hope
humility
humors
hurricane
hydric
hyperstress
hypostress
hysteric
iconic legisign
iconic sinsign
id
idealistic
identify
idle
igneous
ignorance
ill will
image
immersion
immoral action
imperative
importance
improve
improvement cycle
impulsive
incline
independent
indigo
individualistic
individuative-reflective
induction
informative
initiative
instinctive reactions
integrated
integrity
intellectual
intelligence
interest
interface segregation
interleaving
interoception (access)
interpersonal
interphase
interpret
interpretant
interpretation
interrogative
interval
intrapersonal
intuition
intuitive-projective
ionization
joint agreement and difference
joy
joyous
judicial branch
jury
justice
kairos
kama
keeping still
killer
killing
kindness
kinesthetic
kingdom
know hate
knowing
knowledge
lake
lamentation
latency
learn
learned reactions
learning
left/right
legal
legal authority
legislative branch
legitimate rule
leo
lever
liberation
liberty
libra
life
life domain
lightning
linguistic
linguistic anthropology
liquid
listening
literal
livelihood
living things
localize
logic
logical
logopoeia
logos
lose love
love
love language
loyalist
loyalty
lucid
ludus
lust
lying
maintenance
man
management
mania
many
marketing
master
material
material things
mathematics
matrix
matter
meaning of life
measure
measurement
mechanism
media
mediator
meiosis
melancholic
melopoeia
melting
memorization
mental
mental function
mercy
message
metal
metal development
metamorphic
metaphysical
metaphysics
meteor
military intelligence
mind
mindfulness
mitosis
model
moksha
monotheism
mood
moral
moral action
moral development
motion
motivation
motivation for action
mound
mountain
mouth
multipart
music
musical
myth
mythic-literal
narrative
natural disaster
naturalistic
need to know
neuroticism
news criteria
news service for community
nightmare
noble path
noble truth
nominal
non-attachment
non-intersecting domains
normative science
norming
not getting
note taking
notion
obedience
object
obscuring knowledge
obscuring perception
observance
observer
occupational
old age
oligarchy
omniscience
one
open-closed
openness
oral
orange
order
ordinal
ordinary
organic
organizational structure
organize
organizing
orientation
origination
osteopathy (approach)
other
overcoming
pain
paradox
parallel
participative
passion
path
pathos
patience
peace
peaceful
perception
performing
personality
personality trait
persuasion
phallic
phanopoeia
phase transition
phenomenology
philios
philosophy
phlegmatic
phylum
physical
physical touch
physics
pilgrimage
pisces
pitch
plan
planetary
plant
plasma
playful
plot
poetry
polytheism
ponder
position
positivity
power
practical
pragma
pragmatist
praiseworthy
pray
prayer
pre-conditions
pre-operational
precept
precontemplation
predictive coding (explanation)
premonitory
preparation
preview
pride
primal
processing
product
productive
prokaryote
protector
prudence
psychic
psychomotor
psychomotor development
psychosexual development
psychosocial development
pulley
purity
purpose
pursuit of happiness
quadrivium
qualisign
quality time
question
rage
ratio
read
reading
reading comprehension
realistic
rebirth
receive
receiving gifts
receptive
recite
recognition
recollection
recombination
recovery
recursively enumerable
red
reflection
reflective thinking
reflector
reformulating
regime
regular
rejoicing
relational (structural coupling)
relevance
repeat if necessary
repentance
representativeness
requirements
residue
resolution
resolve
respect
respond
rest
resting
restraint
retrieval
review
revolution
rhematic indexical
rhematic indexical legisign
rhematic symbol
rhetoric
right to know
rise
risk taking
rites
ritualistic
river
rock
roll
romantic
roof
rotation
rude speech
ruling
sad
sadness
saga
sagittarius
salty
salvation
sanguine
savory
say
science
scientific
scorpio
screw
security
sedimentary
see
select
selection
self
self-aware
self-conscious emotions
self-control
self-direction
self-interest
self-loving
self-protective
self-reflective thinking
semiosis
sensation
sense
senses
sensing
sensorimotor
sensual
sentence
sephirah
sephirah/prime
serene
series
service
set
setup
severity
sexual
sexual misconduct
sharing of merit
sight
sign
signs
simple machine
sin
single responsibility
sister
slandering
smell
soap
social
social contract
socializer
socially useful
sociology
soft
solar
solid
son
sorrow
soul
sour
space
spaced practice
spatial
species
speculative grammar
speculative rhetoric
speech
spirit
spiritual
star sign
star sign (cardinal)
star sign (fixed)
star sign (mutable)
state
states of existence
status
stealing
stellar
still
stimulation
stimulus
storge
storming
story
story plot
strategic
strategies for learning
stress
struggle
studying
sublimation
substance
subtle
successful
suffering
summarize
superconsciousness
superego
superior
surprise
surprised
survey
sweet
symmetry
symmetry in a plane
synchronized flow
synthesis
synthetic-conventional
tactical
take-off
taste
taurus
teaching
technological maturity
telepathic
temperament
temperance
termination
test
testing
text
theological
theology
theoretical
theorist
thermal
thesis
thighs
think
thinking
thoughts of others
threefold activity
thunder
thymine
time
time management
timeliness
timocracy
to not abstain
to not commit adultery
to not eat at the wrong time
to not intoxicate
to not kill
to not lie
to not perform
to not sleep in a tall bed
to not steal
touch
tradition
traditional
traditional authority
traditional society
traffic flow
tranquil
trans-framing
translation
triadic structure
trivium
trust
truth
twelve-fold chain
typological
tyranny
unalienable right
unconscious competence
unconscious incompetence
understanding
undesirable
uni-framing
universal
universal ethics
universal value
universalism
universalizing
university
unselfishness
up/down
value
vaporization
variation
vegetable
victory
video
view
violet
virgo
virtue
visual
void
volcano
volitional
waking
wasteful
water
ways to think
wedge
wheel
wide moving jam
wife
will
willing
wind
wisdom
wood
words of affirmation
worshipping
worthy
writing
wrong view
yang
yaw
yellow
yin
yinyang
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