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Gynecology. Referring to obstetrics. A branch of medicine and surgery dealing with pregnancy, childbirth and the period immediately after childbirth. That branch of medicine concerned with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period; it is often practiced in conjunction with gynecology. Branch of medicine focused on the care of women…

A physician specializing in the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period immediately following delivery of the child, gynecologist. A doctor who specialises in obstetrics. A doctor who specializes in caring for women during pregnancy, labor, and childbirth. An obstetrician provides prenatal care, preconception counseling, screening for birth defects, ultrasound examinations, and childbirth…

A nondrug pain reliever used in childbirth, e.g., hypnosis.  

A neurosis.  

A person suffering from a neurosis, characterized by the persistent recurrence of some irrational thought or idea, or by an attachment to or fixation on a particular or individual or object, obsessive compulsive reaction (disorder). Having or showing an obsession.  

According to Selman’s theory of self, the represents a view of self that is characteristic of late childhood or early adolescence, when children tend to think that they have an inner self who is in charge of both their behavior and thoughts.  

The tendency of two observers of an activity or a process to begin to agree with each other. This is regarded as a threat to reliable and valid behavior assessment.    

In education, structured methods for observing various aspects of a particular class or the entire school.  

A study in which the investigator does not manipulate any of the variables but simply observes their relationships as they occur. A type of study in which individuals are observed or certain outcomes are measured. No attempt is made to affect the outcome (for example, no treatment is given).  

A research technique in which people observe and describe subjects’ behavior.