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Preparedness

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

In psychology, preparedness refers to an organism’s readiness or predisposition to be conditioned in certain ways due to its evolutionary history.

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