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Psychology, Educational

Medical Definition:	The branch of psychology concerned with psychological aspects of teaching and the formal learning process in school.
Guide Notes:	SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: PSYCHOL EDUC

Psychology, Educational Categories.

	Aptitude - The ability to acquire general or special types of knowledge or skill.
	Child Guidance - The psychiatric, sociological and psychological study and treatment of the developing child with emphasis on preventive or prophylactic measures focused on the familial, educational and socio-environmental milieu of the child.
	Child, Exceptional - A child whose needs, abilities, or other characteristics vary so much from the average in mental, physical, or social areas that a greater than usual level of services is needed to facilitate the child's maximum potential development.
	Education of Mentally Retarded - The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning.
	Remedial Teaching - Specialized instruction for students deviating from the expected norm.
	Student Dropouts - Individuals who leave school, secondary or college, prior to completion of specified curriculum requirements.
	Underachievement - Performance, usually in school work, poorer than that predicted from aptitude and/or intelligence testing.
	Vocational Guidance - Systematic efforts to assist individuals in selecting an occupation or suitable employment on the basis of aptitude, education, etc.

Psychology, Educational Medical Definitions and Terms

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