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	temperament temperament in music, the altering of certain intervals from their acoustically correct values to provide a system of tuning whereby music can move from key to key without unacceptably impure sonorities. It is particularly necessary for keyboard instruments, the pitches of which cannot be varied in... Read more
	tempera tempera , painting method in which finely ground pigment is mixed with a solidifying base such as albumen, fig sap, or thin glue. When used in mural painting it is also known as fresco secco (dry fresco ) to distinguish it from the buon fresco (true fresco) applied to damp walls. The name dist... Read more
	Robert Walker Robert Walker d. 1658?, English painter, a follower of Van Dyck and favorite portraitist of Oliver Cromwell. His portraits of Cromwell and his family and followers are convincing studies of Puritan temperament. Examples are in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Metropolitan Museum. ... Read more
	Margaret Mead Margaret Mead 1901-78, American anthropologist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Barnard, 1923, Ph.D. Columbia, 1929. In 1926 she became assistant curator, in 1942 associate curator, and from 1964 to 1969 she was curator of ethnology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. After 1954 she se... Read more
	glaze glaze translucent layer that coats pottery to give the surface a finish or afford a ground for decorative painting. Glazes—transparent, white, or colored—are fired on the clay. Of the various artificial mixtures used for glazes, that for whiteware contains borax and lead, whereas a salt... Read more
	Shorthorn cattle Shorthorn cattle breed of beef cattle developed from the native cattle of the Tees valley in NE England; formerly called Durham cattle. Systematic breeding of Shorthorns began in the latter part of the 18th cent. First imported to the United States in 1783, they are now found in every part of the c... Read more
	humor humor according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined human health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was achieved through a balance of th... Read more
	gorilla gorilla an ape , Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150-190 cm) with a 9-ft (144-cm) arm spread. Males weigh about 450 lb (200 kg) in the wild; in zoos they... Read more
	guide dog guide dog a dog trained to lead a blind person. The first school for training such dogs was established by the German government after World War I for the benefit of blinded veterans. Schools now exist in several European countries and the United States, where the pioneer Seeing Eye, Inc., founded ... Read more
	Thoroughbred horse Thoroughbred horse breed of light horse more properly known as the English running horse. As its name implies, it was the first pedigreed, or "thoroughbred" horse. It originated in England from crosses between imported Turkish and Arabian horses and existing English lines and has since been... Read more

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	Temperament Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...warm-up children. Chess and...individual child and the environment of the child. Assuming...study of temperament on traits...Carl Jung's four psychological...greater self-understanding. Adults as well as children display temperaments that are...to which ...
	Kagan, Jerome Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...inheritance. Kagan's early research...memory skills, the understanding of symbolism...concluded that children are very adaptable...The Nature of the Child , which he revised...versus uninhibited temperaments among infants and children, particularly...situations. A temperament ...
	Erik Homburger Erikson Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...contributed most to the understanding of the young...development of a small children's school in Vienna...of their three children, Kai, Jon, and...observations of children's play. Erikson...concerned with child development. Erikson's concern at Austen...His ...
	Parenthood, Transition To Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...x2019; s biological...x2019; s temperament. Social support...patience and understanding, and problem...parenting and child development...expectations for their children. Understanding...Couples who adopt children rather than...effectiveness of child care ...
	Parent-Child Relationships Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...particularly interested in understanding individual differences...In contrast, some children with an insecure...to the caregiver's return, and ignore...quality of the infant's attachment seems...development of the parent-child relationship, but...is the caregiver's sensitivity in ...
	Postpartum Depression Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...disrupts women's lives and can have...the baby, other children, her partner, and...treatment apart from understanding, support, skills...before the baby's birth that are associated...even after the first child. These physical...until the baby's routine stabilizes...difficult baby ...
	Camille Claudel Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...willful and precocious child, she quickly adopted...While Claudel's father encouraged...young sculptor's mother never accepted...as her daughter's unconventional...disposition. Of her three children, Louise-Athenaise...had an artist's temperament. He crafted a talent...shared ...
	Down Syndrome Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...to have docile temperaments; and are generally...conclusion that Down children are capable of...began with Down children as young as 30...positive parent-child communication eventually enabled the children to read at a second...births in the U.S. Down syndrome...Cunningham, C. ...
	Children Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...eighteen months of age, children are able to share attention...pointing to communicate. Children also transition through...between caregiver and child and features of temperament (personality) also emerge. By age two, children are able to recognize...children ’ s later ...
	Austen, Jane *Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography* ...created as profound an understanding and as precise a...seventh of eight children in an affectionate...the day, Jane's education was inadequate by today's standards. This...with Mr. Austen's meager salary kept...novel contrasts the temperaments of the two sisters...

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Mead, Margaret (1901-1978)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...ensure the [Samoan] child against the development...1930) and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive...showing that primitive children "displayed no tendency...thought." Mead's work, unable to...painful effort of understanding psychoanalysis...result, Mead's observations ...

Rosenthal, Tatiana (1885-1921)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...with a passionate temperament. During the Russian...Moscow Detski dom (Children's Home). In 1919...for neuropathic children. One year later...mother of a young child, committed suicide...point. Rosenthal's only published work...can contribute to understanding works of art. ...

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	Understanding a Child's Temperament Can Ease Parenting Challenges. Business Wire; 5/9/2000; 700+ words ; ...s called temperament. Parents...children's temperament...challenging children - are better...style of a child," said...a child's personality...situation. Understanding temperament...with the temperament model can...their child. ...
	Understanding infant's temperament can assist parents Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...are the clusters of temperament described by infant...identifies an infant's reaction to the environment...considers that a child's responses are usually...usually is; the baby's mood (happy or fussy...to-warm-up child shows mild negative...pressure, these children come to ...
	Understanding your child's temperament: let's face it: Some kids are more difficult to handle than others, which is why you need to parent them differently. So here's how to bring out the best in your child (and in yourself as a mom), whether he's mild-mannered or manic.(BE A BETTER PARENT) Magazine article from: Redbook; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...but Dalton's so rough and...is born, his temperament--his underlying...After all, it's not easy managing a rambunctious child 24/7, or drawing...loves all her children exactly the same...uncovered the four temperaments that most kids...got advice from ...
	Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters: Temperament, gender, and adolescent-parent relationships Magazine article from: Merrill - Palmer Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...and gender in understanding adolescent-parent...and fathers' temperaments influence the...between adolescent temperament and adolescent...assessing their own temperaments and adolescents...between parent temperament, particularly...book, Galen's Prophecy: Temperament...the ...
	Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters: Temperament, Gender, and Adolescent-Parent Relationships. Magazine article from: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...and gender in understanding adolescent-parent...and fathers' temperaments influence the...between adolescent temperament and adolescent...assessing their own temperaments and adolescents...between parent temperament, particularly...book, Galen's Prophecy: Temperament...the ...
	Temper, Temper, Temperament! Newspaper article from: Special Delivery; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...recognizing and understanding our children and the four temperaments...any of the four temperaments, but one temperament always dominates...physical build of the child. Rudolf Steiner...melancholic children are tall and slender...a little about temperaments and how to ...
	Temperament and the pursuit of an integrated developmental psychology. Magazine article from: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...advances in the study of temperament as an example, it...with a student's specializations organized...refinement of our understanding of basic dimensions...explained in terms of the child's history of rewards...neglected the child's emotion, motivation...
	Temperament and the Pursuit of an Integrated Developmental Psychology Magazine article from: Merrill - Palmer Quarterly; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...advances in the study of temperament as an example, it...with a student's specializations organized...refinement of our understanding of basic dimensions...explained in terms of the child's history of rewards...neglected the child's emotion, motivation...
	Temperament and peer acceptance in early childhood: Sex and social status differences. Magazine article from: Child Study Journal; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...to rejected children, popular children would exhibit...display difficult temperaments than girls...relationships for children's concurrent and...important in understanding the influence...significance that temperament may have with...
	Rereading Sex and Temperament: Margaret Mead's Sepik triptych and its ethnographic critics Magazine article from: Anthropological Quarterly; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...project in Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive...stereotypes, as temperaments are now known...West. Sex and Temperament has been read and...imprint of Benedict's configurationalism...Nancy McDowell's conclusion about...Her commitment to understanding divergent cultural...things, ...