Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Health learning or teaching within the health education program that is associated with learning taking place within another curriculum discipline.  

A therapeutic approach which stresses that past anxieties can be confronted, and strong, blocked emotions must be reexperienced before meaningful relearning is possible.  

An approach to discipline. Intended to correct an irregularity or problem. A drug that modifies the action of another.  

In research, a formula for correcting a correlation coefficient for unreliability in the measures and estimating the size of the relationship if the reliability were perfect.  

A spongy body in the penis that contains a network of blood vessels and nerves. The part of the penis round the urethra, forming the glans. Erectile tissue that becomes engorged with blood during sexual arousal, causing the penis to become firm and erect; this tissue is located along the underside of the penis. The…

The red or white cells of the blood. A small round mass. A cell in blood or lymph. Any small body, especially a red blood cell (erythrocyte) or a white blood cell (leukocyte). Most often refers to two types of blood cells. Red blood corpuscles, or erythrocytes, are iron-rich cells that transport oxygen through the…

The upper two-thirds of the uterus. Any mass of tissue. Corpora, specialized part that can be distinguished from the surrounding tissues (e.g., corpus callosum, white-matter bridge between the two hemispheres of the brain). The principal part of any organ; any mass or body.  

Occupational health education; those health education programs that are per¬ formed for the benefit of employees.  

Infliction of physical punishment on the body of a student by a school employee for disciplinary reasons. Physical blows or hurts to the body, defined by Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE) as “hitting, paddling, spanking, grabbing, shaking, forced exercise, and any other means of inflicting pain as punishment.” Once generally—and erroneously—thought almost…

The twin cylinders of spongy tissue in the penis that become engorged with blood which results in an erection. Also present in the clitoris, corpora spongiosa. Spongy erectile tissues within the penis or clitoris that become engorged during sexual excitation; singular is corpora cavernosum. The dual columns of erectile tissue located on either side of…