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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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CONGENITAL DEAFNESS

an inability to hear that is present at birth, no matter what the cause.

CONGENITAL DEFECT

any irregularity existing at birth, no matter the cause. It might be prompted by defective fetal growth, genetic variables, chromosome

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM

a state of cognitive and motor retardation correlated with a lack of thyroid hormone. Over twelve causes for such exist,

CONGENITAL OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

a disease which is existent at the time of birth, wherein a baby is not capable of focusing on items

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME

an involved hereditary flaw in babies whose moms were infected by rubella in the beginning of their pregnancies. The flaws

CONGENITAL SENSORY NEUROPATHY WITH ANHI

a dysfunction characterized by the lack of an ability to feel and interpret pain. Serious injuries, like hairline breaks in

CONGENITAL SPEECH DISORDER

a speech dysfunction existent at birth, generally because of hereditary variables or experienced correlated with the birthing process.

CONGENITAL VISUAL AGNOSIA

a type of optical agnosia which is existent at birth, because of irregular growth of those components of the brain

CONGENITAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

optical handicap existent at the time of birth or arising shortly following such. Primary causes are premature birth, bilateral cataracts,

CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY

a place where elderly individuals can live with one another in a community setting, sharing meals and participating in group

CONGRUENCE

noun. 1. basically, joint consent, unity, or acclimation with others. 2. with regard to the phenomenological personality theory of Carl

CONGRUENCE CONFORMITY

with regard to congruity theory, an alteration in the state of mind of the objective person of a convincing conversation

CONGRUENT RETINAL POINTS, CORRIDOR ILLUSION

a demonstration of size constancy wherein two exact beings or items seem to be extremely varied in length and girth.

CONGRUITY THEORY

postulated by American psychologists PercyTannenbaum and Charles Osgood, a mental consistency theory which centers on the part of the convincing

CONJOINED TWINS

monozygotic twins whose bodies do not part fully while inutero thereby resulting in two bodies joined together that might be

CONJOINT SCHEDULE

a kind of doubled-up plan for reinforcing where at least two of such plans function at the same time in

CONJOINT THERAPY

therapy wherein the two parties in a union or the individuals making up a family unit are rendered treatment at

CONJUGATE MOVEMENTS

correlated motions of both eye balls.

CONJUGATE REINFORCEMENT

a reinforcement stipulation wherein some facet of the reinforcing agent wavers step-by-step with some aspect of behavior.

CONJUNCTION

noun. With regard to language, an operative term whose purpose is to fuse at least two sentence components or entire