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An experimental design in which behavior is measured during a baseline period, during a period of treatment, during a period in which the baseline conditions are restored, and finally, during a reintroduction of the treatment.  

A study of family behavior by observing its members in a laboratory as they try to agree on an answer to a particular question.  

A process by which a neurotransmitter is removed from a synapse by being taken back up into the cell from which it was released.  

The tipping of an entire organ backward. The fact of sloping backwards. Backward displacement or inclination of an organ, esp. in reference to the uterus, the upper part of which may be tilted backward in relation to the lower part or cervix, which is pointed toward the pubic bone. The backward inclination of an organ,…

A method of measuring age-related change by using people’s memory of events as data. A research design in which people are asked to recall past events that are recorded as variables under study.  

Used to assess how much learning has taken place and what experiences have been significant in establishing the individual’s present health behavior provides information for judging a historical learning perspective.  

Behind the peritoneum and outside the peritoneal cavity (e.g., the kidneys).    

Scar tissue behind the lens of the eye, preventing light rays from reaching the retina. Caused by the administration of excessive oxygen to premature infants. May result in blindness. A condition in which fibrous tissue develops behind the lens of the eye, resulting in blindness. A condition in which a mass of scar tissue forms…

A backward ejaculation in males into the posterior urethra and urinary bladder instead of into the anterior urethra and out through the meatus of the penis. It occurs in men with multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and some types of prostate surgery. Ejaculation in which the seminal fluid is discharged into the bladder rather than through the…

The interference effect that present learning can have on the retention of previously learned material, retroactive facilitation; proactive inhibition.