PREPOTENCY
noun. 1. the quality or state of having more power, impact, or force. 2. the ability for one of two…
DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
A pattern revealed by a population variable such as birth and death rates, income, medical health etc.
DISCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
Theory where a cause is given less weight if ther are other causes possible. Compare augmentation principle.
DOCTRINE OF FORMAL DISCIPLINE
An idea that the mind can be trained to learn by studying some fields first that will make is easier…
EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.
EXACT REPLICATION
Repeating an experiment where the goal is to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.
LEXICAL ACCESS
Another term of vocabulary retrieval, where individuals produce a specific word or phrase from their lexicon of knowledge on prompting…
LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
the idea that languages themselves differ and diverge in the way their sematic space is identified and organized by speakers…
MARGINALIZATION
the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.
MATURATION
is the title which describes the process of maturing or reaching full functionality.
MIDDLE-CHILD SYNDROME
concerns (theoretically) the middle children in a relationship, who have both an older and younger sibling. The syndrome implies that…
MORAL CODE
is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community…
MOTOR MILESTONES
are classed as significant achievements in terms of motor development which typically occur more during the development of a young…
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…