Physical Handicaps: Embryologic abnormalities on environmental conditions operating before or after birth may result in physical defects. ... The most common birth difficulty associated later with disorder like hyperactivity, emotional disturbance and mental retardation is low birth weight. Prenatal condition that can lead to premature birth and to low birth weight include nutritional deficiency, disease, exposure to radiation, drugs, emotional stress, and mother's excessive use of alcohol or tobacco. ...

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Under initial ideas in a series of transformations birth - dedication - death - birth, etc. is associated with birth involving a woman who turns personal-social principle of world shadow to the living world. ...

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There are many signs from birth that can imply a child may be suffering from an incurable condition of autism. ... Having the family work with teachers and therapists to continue education and behavior training outside of the classroom and in the home and family settings Difference in the Behaviors of Infants with and without Autism Normal Infants Communication • Study mother's face • Easily stimulated by sounds • Keep adding to vocabulary and expanding grammatical usage Social Relationships • Cry when mother leaves the room and are anxious with str...

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states divorce as " an act of legally dissolving a marriage" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1998). Divorce is a very highly rated problem among married couples in the United States. " Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce and sixty-seven percent of all second marriages end in divorce" (Corcoran). While these figures are high, the divorce rate appears to be dropping. Studies from Dr. Kathleen O"Connell Corcoran Ph.D. show that "divorce is associated with an increase in depression: people experience loss of partner, hopes and dreams, and lifestyle". ...

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A study in behavior and development in relation to child G, aged 2 years, 8 months. Child G was chosen as the subject of six observational sessions after discussions with her primary care giver in relation to her aggressive behavior. Various research results in child development have indicated that...

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The mental process of acquiring knowledge by the use of reasoning, intuition, or perception is referred to as cognition. This refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension which include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving. Cognition is res...

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In the recent years, many disciplines have focused on understanding childhood. Researchers from psychology, sociology, human development, religious studies, and other disciplines have sought to analyze childhood. However, the fact that all these disciplines have held varying perspectives without the existence of a childhood studies as a core subject of study like feminism. This has limited the possibility of addressing research in childhood as a central subject of knowledge. Evidently, these disciplines have embarked on research, yielding interesting findings that have served to shed light on ...

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Abstract The term group dynamics refers to the interactions between people who are talking together in a group setting. Group dynamics can be studied in various settings. Some of the settings where group dynamics occurs are in the classroom, the workplace and in other social settings. The communication between the members of the group is verbal and non verbal. This communication conveys understanding of the thoughts and the feelings of the members of the group. ...

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