LANGUAGE UNIVERSAL
1. Linguistic features that are common to all languages, such as words and sentence structure or pronouns or color words.…
LATENT NEED
Needs that do not truly exist but are presented in a manner that need a person can believe they have to…
LAW OF EFFECT
The theory that the consequences of a behavior modify the future probability that the behavior will occur again in the…
LABIODENTAL
A speech sound also called a labial dental, also a denoting speech sound made with the lower lip touching or…
LAISSEZ-FAIRE GROUP
When little or no control is exerted over members activities decisions or interests
LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO READING
The theory that using materials that relate to a child's experiences as an aide of teaching reading and other language skills.
LATENT TRAIT THEORY
A model for the design of instruments used in observing traits or testing unobservable traits. The preferred method of developing…
LAW OF FILIAL REGRESSION
The principle that inherited traits such as tallness may revert to the mean of the population meaning offspring would be…
LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADER
The type of leader who provides little guidance from group activities and only interacts minimally with the group members and…
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
The term is preferred by those who emphasize the active role of the child as a learner with considerable innate…
LANGUISHING
A condition of ones mental health characterized by lack of interest, apathy, and listlessness usually caused by boredom.
LATERAL GYRUS
A major portion of the brain found within the parietal lobe located above the external ear and is responsible for…
LAW OF FREQUENCY
The theory that learning increases with the repetition of a process. Also known as the law of repetition.
LEAD-PIPE RIGIDITY
observed in sufferers of Parkinson's disease and Cerebral Palsy. It is a condition resulting in muscular rigidity resisting slow and…
LEARNING MODEL
a model which attempts to explain human development and behaviour which highlights the potential influence of any environmental factors on…