Category: W
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Without prejudice
In law, no rights or privileges will be considered waived or lost.
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Withitness
An attribute of good classroom managers characterized by alertness to what happens throughout the classroom, helping to prevent disciplinary incidents, classroom management.
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Within-group heritability
The extent to which variation within groups is attributable to genetic factors, between-group heritability; heritability.
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Withdrawal syndrome
The combination of physical and psychological symptoms that appear when an addicting drug is denied, withdrawal symptoms. The clinical syndrome of somatic and psychologic manifestations that occur when a drug is removed from a patient who has become physically dependent on the drug. Uncomfortable physical symptoms that occur when use of a sedative, pain drug,…
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Withdrawal effects
Opponent-process theory of motivation.
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Wise fulfillment in dreams
The latent dream that represents the person’s hidden desires, Freud’s theory of dreams.
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Wisc-r
An acronym for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised.
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Wine cooler
A beverage made from mixing wine with a fruit-based soft drink.
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Windpipe
The trachea.
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Wind-chill factor
A factor taking into account the relationship of wind velocity to thermometer temperature of the air in determining the effect on living organisms.