Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Special symptom reaction
A condition in which one symptom is identified indicating a personality or character disorder. These special symptoms include stuttering, nail biting, enuresis, tics, narcolepsy, and learning difficulties.
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Special risk insurance
A special policy covering special hazards.
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Specialized cells
Cells that have particular and unique functions within the body: red blood cells, white blood cells, muscles cells, bone cells, etc.
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Special education
Special programs developed for the education of children with disabilities. The training and teaching of children with special needs, those who have mental or physical needs and characteristics that require attention beyond that given to most children, including children with mental retardation or mental disorders, gifted children, children with physical or learning disabilities, and children…
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Special action office for drug abuse prevention
Established in the Executive Office of the Pres¬ ident of the United States was provided with more than one billion dollars by the Congress in 1972 through 1975. The bill gave the director authority to establish a National Institute on Drug Abuse within the National Institute of Mental Health, National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse…
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Spearman’s theory of general intelligence
Based upon factor analysis studies that ascribe intelligence test performance to one underlying factor, general intelligence (g), which is tapped by all students, and a large number of specific skills that depend on abilities specific to each subtest.
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Spatial summation
Two or more impulses from spatially separated neurons arriving at a synapse at the same time and strength, firing the succeeding neuron when neither impulse alone is strong enough.
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Spatial orientation
Concept of distance, direction, and positions of objects in space. The ability to understand one s position in space and the relationship between the self and objects nearby, one aspect being form constancy, the ability to recognize an object or shape, regardless of what position or angle it is viewed from. A child with learning…
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Spatial maze
A maze in which there is a definite and continuous route from start to goal, temporal maze.
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Spasmodic dysmenorrheal
The presence of cramping, pain, in the lower abdomen and nausea at the beginning of the menstrual cycle.
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