Pediatrics

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How to Get Pregnant With a Boy

Understanding the differences between male and female sperm is the first step in getting pregnant with a boy. The recently

How to Feed a Baby Rice Cereal

How to Feed a Baby Rice Cereal Most pediatricians agree that babies are ready to start solid foods at around

How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Through The Night

Every new mother and father dreams about getting a full night?s sleep. Unfortunately, they are only getting those dreams in

Signs That The Baby Has Dropped in The Pelvis

Near the end of the pregnancy, the baby will drop into the pelvis. There are a variety of signs and

How to Get Pregnant With Twins Naturally

There are a number of ways for women to increase the likelihood of getting pregnant with twins naturally. Women don?t

Ways to Tell You Are Pregnant Without a Pregnancy Test

Most women can?t wait a few days after their missed periods to know if they?re pregnant. Pregnancy tests can also

How Much Milk Should My Baby Drink?

The amount of milk to feed your baby depends on several factors. The age and weight of your baby, as

How to Talk to a Teen

Many parents and adults see communication with teenagers as inherently difficult or even impossible. It doesn?t have to be. By

How to Handle Difficult Children

Oh No, Not Again! Your 2 year old hurls himself to the floor in the checkout line at the grocery

FALSE-ALARM RATE

is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within

FAST MAPPING

is the seemingly fast ability for a young people, especially babies to learn entirely new words on the general understanding

FILIAL IMPRINTING

term that is used to describe the learning process where a young animal becomes attached to its parent and copies

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal

FRUSTRATIVE NONREWARD HYPOTHESIS

a proposition that consistently withholding reinforcement of responses during operant or instrumental conditioning leads to an internal state of frustration

GAF SCALE

Abbreviation of global assessment of functioning that is a numerical scale from 1 -100 used by mental health practitioners.

GENDER SCRIPT

a temporally organised gender related sequence of events. A female gender script can be laundry, cooking and male gender script

GENITAL EROTICISM

the term that is used to describe the arousal of sexual excitement by stimulation of the genital organs.

GONADOSTAT THEORY

the name of the mechanism that is associated with the initiation of puberty where ovarian or testicular hormones regulate hypothalamic

GROWTH GROUP

the term that describes the group that focuses on the growth and development of each individual member. See encounter group;

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

1. A philosophical view to all public events are objective and are shared experiences that are subjective. 2. communication that