Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In industry, a layout pattern that, because of the weight and bulk of the product being produced, has workers, tools, and materials rotating around a stationary product.  

In research, a form of analysis of variance in which the treatments used are exactly those to which the researcher expects to generalize rather than being representative of them.  

In psychology, reinforcement administered in accordance with a definite interval of time, fixed-ratio schedule.  

In management, expenses incurred by an organization regardless of the number of products produced.  

In management, an activity ratio that indicates the appropriateness of the amount of funds invested in plant and equipment relative to the level of sales.  

In ethology, a term used to describe stereotyped, species-specific behaviors set into motion by genetically preprogrammed releasing stimuli.  

The entering of a complement into combination with an antigen/antibody aggregate so that it is fixed and not available for subsequent reaction is the basis of the Wassermann, Reiter protein, and other serologic tests. Test to measure the amount of complement in antibodies and antigens. Tests to indicate an infectious state (bacterial, viral, fungal or…

To become stationary. Referring to a person who has too close an attachment to another person, often to a parent.  

The shift from associative to cognitive responding assumed to take place for many children at about 5-7 years, in conjunction with the emergence of a generalized capacity for inhibition.  

The major areas of health in which specific strengths or limitations are found: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual, three dimensions of health; dimensions of health.