Pediatrics

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DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS

The stages of gthe human life span from neonatal to adulthood.

DIFFERENTIAL EMOTIONS THEORY

A theory ythat proposes there is a large but limited number of emotions that appear without any social learning.

DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT

A strange situation where a form of insecure attachement occurs where an infant shows no consistent behaviour when separated and

DUAL PROCESS THEORY

1. A theory that response to stimuli allows control of behaviour in 2 stages. 2. Memoery theory. Operation of 2

EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE

The advice given to students to help them make suitable decisions regarding education. See educational counselling.

EMOTIONAL HANDICAP

Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.

ENDOGENOUS SMILE

The spontaneous smile seen in a baby when it is REM sleep.

ETHNICITY

The categorisation socially based on a person's ethnic group. See ethnic identity.

EXPERIMENT

The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.

EXTERNALITY EFFECT

Tendency of babies less than 1 month old to only see the external side of a figure and not the

LIFE-HISTORY METHOD

an interview which takes a structured approach to obtaining historical data about events when evaluating an individuals current functioning.

MAINTAINING CAUSE

a direct influence on an individuals life, typically from either peers or their careers which leads to maladaptive behaviours.

MASTURBATION

is the process of manipulating ones own genital organs, whether a penis or clitoris for the purposes of self-stimulating removing

MEDIATED GENERALIZATION

is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the

MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (MSE)

a complete evaluation of a patients mental health taking into consideration data including interviews taken by professionals to standardized tests.

MODALITY

is one experimental process or therapeutic technique.

MOTHER ARCHETYPE

was apart of Carl Jung's primordial image of a generative and sustaining mother figure. The idea of a mother archetype,

MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION

is the ability to classify and categorize multiple characteristics at any one time, for example a traffic light could be

NEGATIVE ACCELERATION

is the binary opposite to positive acceleration where a situation which should change the rate of development of a variable

NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT

the procedure or scenarios wherein a stimulant recognized to be effective as a supporter existed independently of any specific behaviors.