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isogamy
isogamy , in biology, a condition in which the sexual cells, or gametes, are of the same form and size and are usually indistinguishable from each other. Many algae and some fungi have isogamous gametes. In most sexual reproduction, as in mammals for example, the ovum is quite larger and of diff... Read more
anomie
anomie a social condition characterized by instability, the breakdown of social norms, institutional disorganization, and a divorce between socially valid goals and available means for achieving them. Introduced into sociology by Emile Durkheim in his study Suicide (1897), anomie also refers to... Read more
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physical therapy
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learning
learning in psychology, the process by which a relatively lasting change in potential behavior occurs as a result of practice or experience. Learning is distinguished from behavioral changes arising from such processes as maturation and illness, but does apply to motor skills, such as driving a car... Read more
amnesia
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cretinism
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Watson, John B. (1878 – 1958)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...also consisted of building complex behaviors through conditioning from simpler reactions – in this case, newborns...considered an oversimplification, the concept of emotional conditioning was accepted broadly and serves as the basis of modern...broadly in 1930. For over thirty years research on ... Read more

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Behaviorism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...would be based on Pavlovian conditioning of involuntary behavior and...Key to Skinner's operant conditioning is the narrow specification...learning." Those laws, to Skinnerians, have universal applicability...behavioral methodology, operant conditioning has proven essential to fields... Read more

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Operant conditioning and programmed instruction in aphasia rehabilitation.(r)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...1970; Holland & Harris, 1968). These principles refer to a Skinnerian or operant model, not a Pavlovian or reflexive model. Systematic...Hodges, Hershe, & Jinich, 1980) reported efficacy of operant conditioning in reducing fecal incontinence in 12 patients (ages 12-78... Read more
An Orton-based operant program for auditory language learning disorders.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...disorders. The program utilizes a Skinnerian operant paradigm which generates...Keywords: Orton, operant conditioning, language disorders, dichotic...Skinner (1938). Operant conditioning depends on growth and character...The strength of operant conditioning is the control that can be... Read more
Humanist profile.
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 3/1/2004; 367 words ; ...experimental psychology from Harvard University. Skinner devoted his life to the study of instrumental conditioning--later called Skinnerian conditioning--advancing research methodology by raising the standards for what was considered acceptable... Read more
American Coriolanus.(General Douglas MacArthur)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...task of being mother, father, and drill sergeant all in one. Her son is the product of relentless and even Skinnerian conditioning to the perils of war. She boasts that when he was but tender-bodied he was raised by her to be a paragon of... Read more