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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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ABILITY GROUPING

1. categorization within learning environments that divides individuals based on their individual aptitudes and groups them together with like persons.

ABILITY

noun. Level of aptitude one is either born with or is trained to perform

ABILIFY N

a pharmaceutical drug. Also known as aripriazole, aripriprex. A common treatment method for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression. A newer

ABIENCE

noun. A reaction to a catalyst that directs or prompts an object/being to distance itself/their self from the catalyst.

A-BETA FIBER

transmitters that quickly convey data from skin-based receptors to the central nervous system- myleinated fibers, largest in size of all

ABERRATION

noun. 1. a departure from one's average behavior. 2. in regard to eyesight, when beams of light do not correctly

ABERRANT RESPONSE

most notably identified for treatment purposes during psychotherapy and interventions- a behavior that is out of character

ABECEDARIAN PROJECT

a 1970's project managed by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill that monitored the social and academic processes of

ABDUCTOR

noun. A muscle that acts to modify a body or bodily limb by making a part progress away from the

ABDUCTION

noun. 1. mobility of a specific body part or limb apart from the bodily figure. 2. the action of carrying

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS

starting point of the abducens nerve- a compilation of nerve cells in the base of the 4th ventricle in the

ABDUCENS NERVE

commonly referred to as the cranial nerve VI, this nerve houses small threads that obtain control over the lateral rectus

ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE

common in kids, repeating discomfort in the abdomen- queasiness and vomiting may or may not occur concurrently with abdominal migraine-

A-B DESIGN

a setup for experiments requiring the measurement of the dependent variable prior to onset of the experiment and again after

A SEARCH

pronounced A Star- a form of best-first algorithms that determines the distance between a specific point and am original starting

A PRIORI TEST

the testing of an experiment's hypotheses prior to the actual performance of said experiment.

A PRIORI

Latin for prior to- independent and not being based on any previous study-

ABC THEORY

a theory based on the RET approach developed in 1955 by Albert Ellis, proposing that Activating events are not the