differentiation
(noun)
The act of distinguishing or describing a thing; exact definition or determination.
Examples of differentiation in the following topics:
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Classification and Categorization
- Categorization is the process through which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, classified, and understood.
- Categorization is the process through which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, classified, and understood.
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Defining Learning
- He differentiated between positive and negative reinforcement, and also explored the concept of extinction.
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Prenatal Brain Development
- During the germinal stage, the cells necessary for the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid will differentiate to form the embryo.
- During this same time, the sex organs begin to differentiate.
- During the germinal stage of prenatal development, the cells necessary for the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid will differentiate to form the embryo.
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Sensory Difference Thresholds
- The just-noticeable difference (JND), also known as the difference limen or differential threshold, is the smallest detectable difference between a starting and secondary level of sensory stimulus.
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Criticisms of the Social-Cognitive Pespective on Personality
- Because of this, the understanding of how a child learns through observation and how an adult learns through observation are not differentiated, and factors of development are not included.
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Relationships and Families in Adulthood
- Coming apart consists of five stages as well—differentiating, circumscribing, stagnation, avoidance, and termination.
- Differentiation involves focusing more on differences rather than similarities.
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Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
- Differentiation occurs as an adolescent recognizes and distinguishes the contextual factors that influence their own behavior and the perceptions of others.
- Differentiation becomes fully developed by mid-adolescence.
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The Role of Genes in Prenatal Development
- Gene regulation is the process by which cells differentiate.
- Cell differentiation is a process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell.
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Defining Emotion
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Cognitive Development in Adulthood
- This kind of thinking includes the ability to think in dialectics, and differentiates between the ways in which adults and adolescents are able to cognitively handle emotionally charged situations.