Pediatrics

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NEUROBIOTAXIS

typically happens during embryological development for example. Neurobiotaxis is the formation and development of nerve fibres towards the tissue it

OBEDIENCE

noun. An action that is well-aligned with a direct order.

OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING

the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.

ORIENTATION

1. knowledge of the self and of exterior reality, that being, the capacity to recognize one's self and to be

PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PATHOLOGICAL LYING

a continual, compulsive propensity to tell lies out of proportion to any obvious benefit which can be reached.

PERFORMANCE

noun. 1. any activity or gathering of reactions which leads to an outcome or has an impact on the surroundings.

PERSONALIZATION

noun. the modification or acclimation of something to make it particular to or more meaningful or proper for a specific

PICTURE-COMPLETION TEST

a kind of test comprised of drawings of familiar items with certain aspects being absent. The job is to acknowledge

DECENTRATION

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared

DEVELOPMENT

The progressive series of change in something.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions

DISORDER

A group of systems that can involve abnormal behaviour, intense or persistent stress or the disruption of a function. See

DUAL CODING THEORY

1.Lingusitics. Theory that an input represented in memory as a word and a picture is more readily recalled than a

EDUCATION

1. Process of teaching or gaining knowledge, skills and values. 2. Field of advanced taecher preparation study.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A gradual increase being able to experience, express and interpret a range of emotions.

ENCULTURATION

1. A process starting in early childhood where cultural values, ideas etc are instilled into members of the society. 2.

ETHICS

1. Branch of philosophy investigating the nature and content of moral judgements. Also called moral philosophy. 2. Principles of mporaaly

EXPERIENCE

1. The conscious event. 2. Present content of consciousness. 3. An event resulting in earning.

EXTERNAL VALIDITY

The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.