Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Volatile chemicals that include toluene (found in some glues), spot removers, trichloroethane, gasoline, some fluorocarbons (used in some aerosol sprays), benzene, acetone, ether, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride. Inhalation of result in death from suffocation and asphyxiation and liver damage, kidney damage, lead poisoning, cardiac disturbance, bone marrow damage, brain damage, and other health problems.  

The process of assigning job activities and related authority to specific persons within the organization: delegate. In the PSRO program, the formal process by which a PSKO, based upon an assessment of the willingness and capability of a hospital or other health program to effectively perform PSRO review functions, assigns the performance of some (partial…

In politics and management, granting authority to conduct a particular function, delegation.  

The learning theory term for finding that rewards and punishments lose their effectiveness the farther in time they are removed from the response in question, conditioning.  

The period of time between the occurrence of a response and the delivery of reinforcement, conditioning.  

A deficit in speaking proficiency where the person performs like someone much younger.  

The segregation of students on the basis of law, school policy, or a practice designed to accomplish such separation.  

In law, one who has just claim and rightful title to an office although not necessarily in actual possession thereof, de facto officer.  

In law, by action of law.  

In psychology, a weakened sense of personal identity in which self-awareness is merged into the collective goals of a group.