By Suzanne C.
Blog #3
Vocabulary/Concept Vitalizer
Pages 43-87
As Michael Gurian went on to explain how the differences in male and female brains affect their learning, I encountered the following terms that I was unfamiliar with.
Page 44
ancillary-adj. 1. subordinate, subsidiary
example: the main factory and its ancillary plants
2.Auxiliary, supplementary
example: the need for ancillary evidence
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Psychosocial dynamics- a process of change or growth involving both psychology and social conditions
Psychosocial-adj. 1. involving both pyscholgical and social aspects
2. relating social conditions to mental health
Dynamics-noun 1. a process of change, growth or activity
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Nascent-adj.- coming or having recently come into existence
example: a nascent middle class, her nascent singing career
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Visual perceptual abilities- competence in perceiving things through sight
Visual- adj. 1. of, relating to, or used in vision
2. attained or maintained by sight
Perceptual-adj. of, relating to, or involving perception especially in relation to immediate sensory experience
Ability-noun-1.the quality or state of being able
2.competence in doing, skill
Amygdala- one of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that is part of the limbic system and consists of an almond shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior extremity of the temporal lobe, also known as amygdaloid nucleus
These definitions were found in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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