Pediatrics

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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

INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (1S1)

Stimulus and the time between presentations, and are timed usually from one end of the presentation stimulus and to the

INVENTORY

In form of a question, it describes a behaviour and the studying or it, interests and attitudes, it is a

KUDER PREFERENCE RECORD

Individuals are required to select their preferred activity from a series of three choice items. It will yield the percentage

TERATOGENIC

eliciting developmental irregularities within a fetus. A teratogen is an agent or procedure which elicits such irregular or odd growth;

THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES

a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity

TRANSGENDER

adjective. having or correlating to gender identities which vary from culturally defined gender roles and biological gender. Transgender states are

UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS US)

a stimulant which induces an unconditioned reaction, as in withdrawal from a hot stovetop, contracting of the pupil upon exposure

VERBAL COMPREHENSION

a person's capacity to comprehend the language utilized by other people, as ascertained by their receptive vocabulary and linguistics abilities.

WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (WAYS)

a 66-object survey delivered to determine thoughts and actions which adults utilize to deal with distressful experiences in day to

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

with regard to Levvygotsky's sociocultural theory, the difference between a kid's actual degree of capacity and the degree of capacity

TERRITORIALITY

noun. 1. an animal's defending of a particular geographic region from intrusion by other members of the identical species.

TIME OUT (TO) 1

1. a method, stemming from within behavior therapy, wherein unfavorable actions are weakened and their occurrences lessened, commonly by moving

TRANSIENCE

noun. impermanence which indicates ending and might elicit anticipation of loss. With regard to classical psychoanalytic theory, the idea that

UNCONTROLLED VARIABLE

a variant which isn't controlled or gauged by the investigator during an experiment or analysis.