Month: December 2020

The theory that children identify with persons who control rewards and punishments, whether the children receive the rewards or punishments.  

A group of people in a community whose power often supersedes that of the authority structure and that usually functions for the satisfaction of its own interests.  

Techniques of parental discipline based on parents’ physical power and control of resources.  

A condition in which a person or family has an income below a governmentally determined level. The condition of having an inadequate supply of money, resources, goods, or means of subsistence. A difficult concept to define in practice, there is no single national definition of poverty. Three of the most commonly cited measures are the…

A person who is a habitual user of marijuana.  

The phenomenon whereby the use of one drug intensifies the effect of a second drug.  

The energy present in the environment that would be detected if it came into contact with an appropriate receptor distal stimulus, proximal stimulus; effective stimulus.  

The difference in electrical charges on the inner and outer surfaces of the cell membrane q.v. when it is not conducting impulses. The outer surface is positive to the inner surface.  

Energy that is ready to be used. Energy that is stored, but not actively used. It includes, for example, the energy stored in chemical bonds, or in objects based on their position in space. The potential energy of an object is determined by either its positioning within a system or its internal arrangement. This type…

The difference in electrical charges on the inner and outer surfaces of the cell membrane during impulse conduction. The outer surface is negative to the inner surface.