Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The desired result preselected by an experimenter or programmer who intends to shape behavior by applying operant conditioning techniques.  

The completion of a pregnancy. A limited period of time, especially the period from conception to childbirth, or a point in time determined for an event. Part of a college or school year. A name or word for a particular thing. Alternate name for full-term, referring to a baby born generally on schedule, rather than…

That division of embryology and pathology that deals with abnormal development and congenital malformation. The study of the unhealthy development of embryos and fetuses. The study of developmental abnormalities and their causes. Branch of science dealing with the study of congenital deformities and abnormal development. The study of gross structural abnormalities, e.g. fasciations, galls, witches’…

Drugs that, if taken by a woman who is pregnant, can interfere with crucial stages of a baby’s prenatal development and are thus associated with some birth defects.  

Fetal monsters.  

A commercial preparation of diethylpropion.  

An employee benefit that makes it difficult to terminate the employment of someone, often provided to teachers after several years of successful teaching experience. The holding of a property, place, or occupational assignment.  

A commercial preparation of diethylpropion.  

The theory that reinforcement consists in the reduction of a need or drive.  

A condition that develops when air is continually pumped into the chest cage out-side the lung and is unable to escape is associated with compression of the lung and heart. A condition of the pneumothorax in which rupture of the pleura forms an opening like a valve, through which air is forced during coughing but…