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An instrument comprising 50 items drawn from the MMPI as a self-reporting mechanism to assess anxiety.  

A scheme classifying educational objectives according to six levels of cognition, from lowest to highest in complexity, wherein the ability to demonstrate skill in each level presupposes and depend upon achievement of those preceding it in the hierarchy: (a) knowledge, (b) comprehension, (c) application, (d) analysis, (e) synthesis, and (f) evaluation.  

A classification of learning levels or thinking levels. Some classifications, such as Bloom’s, are hierarchical.  

A realistic rather than ego-defensive mechanism to dealing with stress.  

The achievement attitude toward a task, ego orientation.  

Statements of desired outcomes that emphasize concern for what is to be done and focus upon achievement of objectives.  

With passage of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, a task force was authorized to study the problems associated with alcohol abuse and alcoholism. On February 18, 1972, the first report, Alcohol and Health, was issued. The three major findings were as follows: 1. alcohol is the most…

A description of the elements or components of a task or skill. The process of dividing up an activity into components for the purposes of delineating the specific abilities needed to perform that activity. Purposeful activities require various levels of cognitive, perceptual (e.g., vision, proprioception), musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular abilities. Through understanding the abilities necessary for…

The ankle joint. The seven small bones of the ankle. A connective tissue which supports an eyelid. Seven bones of the ankle and proximal part of the foot; they articulate proximally with the tibia and fibula (lower leg bones) and with the metatarsals distally. The seven bones of the ankle and proximal part of the…

The firm framework of connective tissue that gives shape to the upper eyelid. The dense connective tissue structure that supports the eyelid. It was formerly called tarsal cartilage; however, it is not true cartilage.