Pediatrics

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DIRECT COPING

The active and focused confrontation and management of a tressful situation.

DISPLAY RULES

Human behaviour. Social standards used for expressing emotion.

DYNAMIC FORMULATION

The attempt to organise a clients information so the therapist can better treat and understand the client.

EFFECT SIZE

The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.

EMOTIONAL INSULATION

Defense mechanism. Where indifferent and detached responses are made in frustrating situations.

ENRICHMENT

Enhancing, improving or augmenting a desirable quality or component.

EUGENICS

The social and political philosophy is based loosely of the evolutionary theory of Darwin and research by Galton.

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Any research based on random experiments to draw a causal inference.

LEARNING SKILLS

a set of skills used in the process of acquiring new knowledge, typically in a classroom setting.

LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVE

the idea that human development is a continual life-long process, there is multidimensional change and that there is plasticity in

MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (MBHO)

a body of professionals which specialize in the organisation, management, administration and provision of health care benefits of health organizations.

MATCHING LAW

states that proportion of responses to an allocated to an alternative will match the proportion of reinforcement obtains from that

MEDIATIONAL DEFICIENCY

the lack of a process or strategy in children which leads to decreased task performance.

METACONTRAST

is a form of masking an object which the perception of one object (the target) is altered by the application

MODERATOR VARIABLE

with respect to statistics, a moderator variable is entirely unrelated to the criterion variable but it is still related to

MOTHERESE

which is typically fairly simple and phonologically clear, often in a high-pitch spoken by parents or older individuals when communicating

MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP

In the context of psychology, a multiple relationship may arise between a psychologist and a non-professional, potentially: concurrently is in

NEGATIVE AFFECT

is an internal feeling or emotion which is typically experienced after one has failed to complete a task or goal,

NONNORMATIVE INFLUENCES

affects on lifespan growth which are abnormal, in which they happen to just one or a few people and do

OBJECTIVE SCORING

scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same