Pediatrics

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FRIENDSHIP NETWORK

the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support

FUTURE-MINDEDNESS

the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think

GENDER ROLE

the pattern of behaviour, personality traits and attitudes defining masculinity or femininity in a certain culture. Determined by upbringing that

GENETIC THEORY

1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in

GOAL SPECIFICITY

a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.

GROUP TEST

the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.

INTERRUPTED-TIME-SERIES DESIGN

Experimental de-sign with an intervention and the effects of it are compared and evaluated with an outcome that is measured

INVARIANT SEQUENCE

An order that is unchanging and in stage theories of development and in the order in which the stages of

KSAOS

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics and the abbreviation

LAW OF FREQUENCY

The theory that learning increases with the repetition of a process. Also known as the law of repetition.

FALSE POSITIVE

is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have

FAMILY THERAPY

involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,

FILIAL ANXIETY

term that describes a child's fear and apprehension that comes from relationships with their parents. It can be in relation

FORCED-CHOICE TEST

term that is used in a signal detection test where several intervals are given with only one having the signal

FRUSTRATION

1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy

FUZZY TRACE THEORY

a theory proposing that information is encoded on a continuum from precise traces to fuzzy traces. Developmental differences in cognition

GENDER SCHEMA

the term that applies to the organized set of beliefs and expectations that guides a person's understanding of gender or

GENETICS

The branch of biology concerning the mechanisms and phenomena of heredity and the laws that determine inherited traits. See behavior

GONAD

then name that is given to either of the primary male and female sex organs, the testis or the ovary.

GROWTH

1. These are the series of physical changes that occur from conception through maturity. 2. The term for the development