20114 pages
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Cognitive development is the development of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically, the cognitive development of...
20163 pages
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Lymphadenopathy refers to swollen lymph nodes, a condition that is common in children as they fight off infection. Lymph nodes can often be felt around a child's neck, underarms, and groin. A single enlarged lymph node...
20113 pages
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The effect of television violence on children has been studied extensively since the 1950s, and most researchers agree that what children see on television does cause behavioral changes. Among Americans between the ages...
20165 pages
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Cognitive development is the development of thought processes, such as remembering, problem solving, and decision making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically, the cognitive development of...
20114 pages
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Fine motor skills are the ability to make smooth, controlled movements using the small muscles in the fingers, hand, and wrist. Fine motor skills involve deliberate and controlled movements requiring both muscle...
20115 pages
Drug overview
Marijuana Cannabis sativa L., also known as hemp, is a member of the Cannabaceae family. It contains the psychoactive drug delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The whole cannabis plant, including buds, leaves, seeds,...
20165 pages
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Fetal growth restriction (FGR), also known as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), is the failure of a fetus to grow to its full potential size. FGR can lead to a fetus that is small for gestational age (SGA) or a...
20117 pages
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Social competence is the condition of possessing the social, emotional, and intellectual skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society. Despite this simple definition, social competence is an elusive...
20112 pages
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A frightening dream that occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Nightmares—frightening dreams—are the most common type of sleep disturbance in early childhood; as many as 50% of children ages three to six have...
20114 pages
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Considered an important component of emotional health, self-esteem encompasses both self-confidence and self-acceptance. Self-esteem is one of the oldest terms in personality psychology, having been coined by the...
20163 pages
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The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective personality test that was designed at Harvard in the 1930s by Christiana D. Morgan and Henry A. Murray. Along with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory...
20117 pages
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Child abuse, sometimes called child maltreatment, describes four types of actions toward children: physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect. In many cases, the same child experiences more than one...
20115 pages
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Childhood obesity is an excess percentage of body weight due to fat in children over age two, putting them at risk for a variety of health problems. Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem in the...
20114 pages
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Childhood cancer survivors are children, adolescents, and young adults who were cured as a result of receiving treatment for a pediatric cancer. Due to the effectiveness of treatment modalities in treating childhood...
20168 pages
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Social competence is the condition of possessing the social, emotional, and intellectual skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society. Despite this simple definition, social competence is an elusive...
20165 pages
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Gross motor skills involve the ability to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting, crawling, and other activities. Motor skills are deliberate and controlled movements requiring both muscle...
20163 pages
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The Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development, or BRIGANCE for short, is a diagnostic screening tool used to measure the comparative performance skills of children between the ages of four and seven. This test...
20113 pages
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Neonatal reflexes are automatic actions in response to specific stimuli that are present in newborn infants. Neonatal reflexes are reflexes that are present at birth. They are believed to be inborn and have predictable...
20115 pages
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Medicaid, also called Medical Assistance, is a U.S. government insurance program that is administered by individual states to provide health and long-term care for low-income children, parents, the elderly, and the...
20165 pages
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Peer relationships are the interactions and attachments between people of a certain age group. For children, these interactions take place with friends and schoolmates. Peer relationships play an important role in a...
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Cognitive development is the development of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Historically, the cognitive development of...