Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

An alternative to dominance in which the heterozygotes are different from both homozygotes.  

A mode of disease transmission where the infectious agents must spend a part of their life cycle in a host between the infected person (source of the agent) and the new host (to become infected). For example, the malaria plasmodium must spend a part of its life cycle in the body of the anopheles mosquito…

The grades in elementary school normally including grades 4, 5, and 6.  

Provides health-related care and services to persons who do not require the degree of care or treatment normally provided by a hospital or skilled treatment facility but who do require health-related institutional care beyond the level of room and board. Eligible for Medicaid reimbursement, domiciliary care facility. An institution recognized under the Medicaid program which…

The extent of agreement by trained observers of the evaluation of a particular event or phenomenon.  

A term used to describe a person’s performance in comparison to that of others.  

The assertion that items are forgotten because they are somehow interfered with by other items learned before or after.    

Questionnaires designed to measure a person’s various areas of interest to assist in determining a particular academic area of study or area of vocational interest.  

Usually focused upon a particular target area, e.g., the environment, politics, education, etc., where members informally coalesce to discuss the issue at hand and to advocate for particular action to promote their cause.  

Areas within a classroom that focus on a particular subject area. Particularly geared toward an open classroom setup where students can move from one area to another with minimal restriction.