Pediatrics

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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

MULTIPLE CAUSATION

is the philosophical position which explains that a single cause is unlikely to be the result of a single cause,

NEED TO BELONG

is the strong desire to form relationships and belong to groups.

NOMINAL REALISM

describes a tendency for adults and children to refuse objects they believe are brandished with symbols which are not an

OBJECTIVE

1. having authentic presence in reality, based upon viewable phenomena. 2. adjective. unbiased or not influenced by private emotions, perceptions,

OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING

the utmost potential degree of operation, particularly in the regions of valuable unions, work life, school, and subjective health.

ORTHONASIA

noun. a system wherein kids are educated about death as a component of life, to allow them to integrate healthy

PARADOXICAL REACTION

with regard to pharmacology, a drug response which contradicts the predicted effect, for instance, worsening of anxiety following the deliverance

PATIENT

noun. 1. a recipient of healthcare from a licensed healthcare professional. 2. with regard to language, the being which is