Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A person who tends to respond to questions in a predictable and conventional way convergent thinker.  

Learning in which there is only one answer to be learned.  

The independent development of similar structures in forms of life that are unrelated or only distantly related.  

The movement of the eyes as they rotate toward each other to focus upon an object. Medical procedure testing the ability of both eyes to turn medially by holding up an index finger and moving it progressively closer to the patient’s nose to test the function of the medial rectus muscles; maximum convergence is called…

Kohlberg’s second level of development of moral reasoning in which judgments are based on doing the right thing as prescribed by social convention.  

Adultery in which people hide their extramarital relationships from their mates.  

In politics, the meeting of the legislature daily, weekly, and at the beginning of the session as provided by the constitution or law.  

A sample that is not representative of the population about which inferences will be made. A group of research subjects selected casually, without scrupulously randomizing them.  

Following the decline stage, symptoms have disappeared and the person is entering the recovery period.  

The period of recovery from a disease. To get back to good health gradually after an illness or operation. A period of time when someone is convalescing. Period of recovery from injury, illness, or surgery, generally the time after the crisis has passed until health is regained. The process of recovery after an injury, illness,…