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RE: Its Just Another Word

in #psychology6 years ago (edited)

lol, I had to:

affect1
[verb uh-fekt; noun af-ekt]
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verb (used with object)

  1. to act on; produce an effect or change in:
    Cold weather affected the crops.

  2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of:
    The music affected him deeply.

  3. (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
    noun

  4. Psychology. feeling or emotion.

  5. Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response:
    Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.

  6. Obsolete. affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling.

I'm just having trouble pinning down what you mean exactly, by 'affect' here. Making sense of it.

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