Pediatrics

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PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING

an individual planning procedure which centers upon individual's gifts, talents, inclinations, and achievements. In the case of an individual with

PILOT STUDY

a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.

DECEPTION RESEARCH

Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.

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-CHANGE UNIT (LCU)

a unit of measurement which is found on the life-events rating scale. The life-events rating scale assigns values to potential

MAINSTREAMING

the theory that by placing children with either (sometimes both) physical and cognitive conditions which impair their ability to learn

MASTERY PLAY

is the purposeful play or enjoyment of an activity which facilitates the procurement of mastery of a specific subject.

MEDEA COMPLEX

is a mothers need and requirement to murder or kill their child as a means of revenge against their father.

MENTAL PRACTICE

is the use of imagery with respect to the mastery of a skill.

MITIGATING FACTOR

is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a

MORPHEME

is a unit of meaning, in the analysis of linguistics which cannot be analysed or broken up into any smaller