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Peer reviewedGenter, Donald R. – Psychological Review, 1987
This article examines a current, explicit, central theory accounting for the observed flexibility in motor performance: the generalized motor program with a multiplicative rate parameter. Reanalysis of data reported in the literature and a study of skilled typewriting show that a generalized motor program generally does not fit observed…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedSchreier, Herbert A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
In cases of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the perpetrator (generally the mother) simulates or fabricates child abuse in order to maintain an intense relationship with hospital personnel, police personnel, child protection workers, lawyers, or school personnel. A case involving law enforcement agents as a primary "target" illustrates…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Clinical Diagnosis
