deprivation

  • 91Monocular deprivation — is an experimental technique used by neuroscientists to study central nervous system plasticity. Generally, one of an animal s eyes is sutured shut during a period of high cortical plasticity (4–5 weeks old in mice (Gordon 1997)). This… …

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  • 92vacation deprivation — n. Foregoing vacation days because of busyness at work. vacation deprived adj. Example Citations: Workers are expected to give back 574 million vacation days in 2006, depriving themselves of much needed breaks, according to Expedia.com s annual… …

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  • 93Fluid deprivation test — A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test for the purposes of diagnosing the causes of polydipsia, a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water. The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo… …

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  • 94Language deprivation experiments — have been attempted several times through history, isolating infants from the normal use of spoken or signed language in an attempt to discover the fundamental character of human nature or the origins of language. The American literary scholar… …

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  • 95Cultural deprivation — is a term referring to the absence of certain expected and acceptable cultural phenomena in the environment which results in the failure of the individual to communicate and respond in the most appropriate manner within the context of society.… …

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  • 96Soziale Deprivation — Mit dem Begriff soziale Isolation beschreibt die Soziale Arbeit die Lebenssituation von Menschen, die in stark unterdurchschnittlichem Ausmaß gesellschaftliche, soziale Kontakte zu anderen Menschen unterhalten. Je nachdem, wie weit das… …

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  • 97self-deprivation — noun A deprivation at ones own initiative. Dieting is self deprivation …

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  • 98cycle of deprivation — A theory popularized in the 1970s to explain the persistence of poverty and other forms of socio economic disadvantage through generations. The theory postulates that ‘family pathology’ is the principal mechanism for transmitting social… …

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  • 99transmitted deprivation — See cycle of deprivation ; deprivation …

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  • 100sensory deprivation — the state in which there is a major reduction in incoming sensory information. Prolonged sensory deprivation is damaging as the body depends for health and normal function on constant stimulation. The main input sensory channels are the eyes,… …

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