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FUNCTION

1. Use or purpose of a thing. 2. Biology. Action of an organism contributing to its fitness. 3. Mathematical procedure

GARDEN-PATH SENTENCE

Sentence where structural cues, lexical ambiguity or a combination of both mislead the reader or listener to an incorrect interpretation

GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION

the conditioning of people to the roles, expectations and the behaviours that society prescribes for males and females.

GENITAL STAGE

Psychoanalytic theory. Final stage of psychosexual development, reached in puberty. Oedipus complex resolved, erotic interest and activity focused on sexual

GRAMMAR

Linguistics. Abstract system of rules describing how a language works. Traditionally consists of syntax and morphology with the modern systems

GUIDANCE

a term used to describe the direction, advice and counselling provided in cooperation with the client that will often use

INTERVIEW

A conversation that is directed in which a clinician, employer, therapist, researcher or (the interviewer) intends to elicit specific information

ITINERANT TEACHER

a commiting teacher, who travels to a couple of schools or classrooms as to provide specialized instruction for children.

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

The term is preferred by those who emphasize the active role of the child as a learner with considerable innate

TEST BATTERY

a set or series of correlated presumptions delivered at one time, with scores documented separately or mixed to produce a

TIME-OF-MEASUREMENT EFFECT

an effect that occurs because of the cultural and historical impacts existent at the time a gauge is rendered. These

TRANSITIVE INFERENCE TASK

a type of task utilized to evaluate kids' capacity to make transitive inferences, which is, to infer the union between

UPWARD APPRAISAL

with regard to organization, the assessment of those people in managerial positions by those working under their supervision.

VERIFICATION

noun. the procedure of mandating the truth or correctness of something, specifically the utilization of unbiased, empirical information to challenge

WESTERMARCK EFFECT

the postulation that individuals who are reared nearby or in the same home do not find each other sexually appealing

TEST BIAS

the propensity of an exam to systematically under- or over-estimate the authentic scores of people to whom the exam is

TIME-SERIES DESIGN

an experimental model which consists of the viewing of units over a specified period of time.

TREATMENT

noun. the delivery of adequate measures which are modeled to alleviate a pathological condition. 2. the level of an independent

UTILITARIAN FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

the role an outlook can play in attaining rewards, avoiding punishments, or both. An individual may take on a positive

VICARIOUS

adjective. supplementary or second-hand: applied, for instance, to the gratification supplied by observing the encounters of other people in television