DIFFERENTIAL EMOTIONS THEORY
A theory ythat proposes there is a large but limited number of emotions that appear without any social learning.
DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT
A strange situation where a form of insecure attachement occurs where an infant shows no consistent behaviour when separated and…
DUAL PROCESS THEORY
1. A theory that response to stimuli allows control of behaviour in 2 stages. 2. Memoery theory. Operation of 2…
EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE
The advice given to students to help them make suitable decisions regarding education. See educational counselling.
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
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.…
MITIGATING FACTOR
is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a…
MULTIPLE CAUSATION
is the philosophical position which explains that a single cause is unlikely to be the result of a single cause,…
NOMINAL REALISM
describes a tendency for adults and children to refuse objects they believe are brandished with symbols which are not an…