Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A written document containing objectives for each lesson and details the specific material to be covered along with suggested methodology, course of study.  

A detailed written guide for each grade or developmental level of learners. Such a guide contains all the essential information and components for developing the lesson plan.  

A background stain applied to stained material to increase contrast. A stain used to identify tissue samples, e.g. red dye used to identify Gram-negative bacteria after having first stained them with violet dye. A second stain applied over a first for greater staining effect. A pigment used to highlight or add contrast to parts of…

An irritation of the skin that is deliberately induced to relieve pain or inflammation elsewhere by reflex action. A skin irritant applied artificially to alleviate the pain in another part of the body. The act of applying a substance onto the body’s surface with the intention of influencing an internal organ or structure located deeper…

The process for weakening a classically conditioned response by connecting the stimulus that evokes it to a new response that is incompatible with the conditioned response. A learning process of replacing an unfavorable response with a favorable one represented in systematic desensitization by pairing threatening images with relaxation so that anxiety is replaced with a…

In research, in equivalence reliability, eliminating the effect of the order in which two tests were taken by giving half the group one order and the other half the reverse order and analyzing the combined results, counterbalance designs.  

In research, studies designed such that if two or more treatments are administered in sequence, the treatments are administered in all possible sequences so as to reveal and eliminate the effect of ordering, counterbalancing.  

The most basic quantitative measure in epidemiology. Pertains to a notation that X number of people in a particular population have, for instance, developed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Numerical indication of the number of items (e.g., blood cells, bacteria) in a particular unit or sample. The number of units in a sample or object.…

A person who advises others with relatively normal health problems. Training may be in areas associated with finance, psychology, social interactions, family relations, or religion.  

A branch of psychology in which the psychologist attempts to help a person solve certain adjustment problems through counseling. Problems are usually related to education, occupations, sex, or marriage.