Pediatrics

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PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

the learning of sensory skills during physical and psychological growth.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

the slow growth of character in regard to temperament or characteristic emotional reactions, an identifiable way of life, personal parts

PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

assessment of the functioning state of the body, an organ, or a tissue, inclusive of chemical and physical aspects and

DESCRIPTIVE NORMS

The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive

DIARY METHOD

Technique where data is compiled by daily observation.

DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS

Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.

DOUBLE STANDARD

A hypocritical belief where one behaviour is admissible in one group but not in the other.

ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.

EMBRYONIC STAGE

In humans it is about the 6 week period where the 3 layered embryo develops.

EMPIRICISM

Approach to epistemology holding that all knowledge of matters of fact comes from experience or needs experience for validation.

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR

A response that is designed to move away from aversive stimulus by withdrawal or entering a fantasy world. Compare avoidance

EXEMPLIFICATION

The strategy a person uses to make other people regard them as highly moral and virtuous.

EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)

Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.

LIFE EVENTS

events which occur during the life cycle which can either be age related in which case involve events such as

LOOKING-GLASS SELF

is a theory which attempts to explain the mechanism and reasoning behind humans consistent attempts to evaluate their own performance

MARITAL SUBSYSTEM

Describes the relationship between two people in a marriage and their subsystems for conflict resolution and communication.

MATURITY

describes a state of completed development of a certain developmental stage such as adolescence.

MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

are the progressive changes and improvements during mental maturation.

MINORITY INFLUENCE

is the theory that societal pressure can be exerted by a small group but positively affect the majority group despite

MORAL REALISM

is a type of thinking characteristic or property of typically younger children although those with mental conditions can be display