Pediatrics

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NELSON-DENNY READING TEST

is now in its 5th edition of being published and was first created by M. J. Nelson (1894 - 1970)

NOVELTY PREFERENCE TASK

a job wherein an infant is exposed to a new item at the same time as it is with a

OHANA

noun. the family group in the Hawaiian society, marked by a moral system which stresses multi-generational kinship, consisting of the

ORGANIC DEFECT

a congenital illness which isn't the outcome of an inherited anomaly.

OVERGENERALIZATION

noun. 1. a mental skewing wherein a person sees a sole occurrence as an invariable rule, so that, for instance,

PART METHOD OF LEARNING

an acquisition type wherein the material is separated into portions, each to be mastered on its own, in a successive

PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY

postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension

PERSONAL SPACE

a region of defended space surrounding someone. Trends of personal-space utilization might differ across species and across human societies. Personal

PHONOLOGY

the department of language which analyzes the system of speech sounds in a language or in linguistics generally. The word

DENTAL AGE

Measure of dental development based on the number of permanent teeth.

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DISCRIMINATED OPERANT

An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP

The relationship between the drug and its efficacy to target the organ or symptom.

ECHO PHENOMENON

Exhibiting echolalia or echopraxia or a combination of them.

EMANCIPATION DISORDER

Disorder of early adulthood where a person wants to leave home and be free from parental control but is concerned

EMPIRICAL SELF

The self that is known to the self. Where me is contrasted to I.

ERIKSON'S EIGHT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

The 8 stages of development are: 1. Infancy, 2. toddler. 3. preschool age, 4. school age, 5. adolescence, 6. young

EXCEPTIONAL CHILD

A child who is significantly above or below the average in some respect. See giftedness- slow learner.

EXPLICIT ATTITUDE

An attitude that is a person is aware of. Compare implicit attitude.

LEXICAL HYPOTHESIS

the theory that important natural characteristics and traits unique to individuals have become intrinsically embedded in our natural-language lexicon over