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The failure to distinguish hypothesis from fact, characteristic of egocentrism associated with concrete operations, cognitive conceit.  

The fundamental assertions about the nature of the world that are scientifically studied. Such statements are not empirically testable, for they are the starting point of scientific reasoning. A supposition; an idea that is not subjected to logical or empirical study.  

The tendency for people to mate with those who are similar in general characteristics.  

In mental tasks, the first responses that may spring to a person’s mind cognitive responses.  

Muller-Schumann paradigm.  

An organization founded in 1933 and consolidated with the National League for Nursing in 1952.  

In the reflex arc, a neuron that transmits impulses from afferent neuron to efferent neuron association areas. A neuron which links an association area to the main parts of the cortex.  

Learning that one event is likely to occur in the presence of another event.  

The psychological school of thought that maintains that learning is determined by a link which is created between a stimulus and a response through action on the part of the learner; that is, learning is a process of developing associative connections or bonds.  

A division of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).