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Critical ethical and legal issues

Critical ethical and legal issues refer to ethical concerns that have significantly impacted the work of the clinician and are usually found to be associated with important legal issues. It include the following: breach of confidentiality, confidentiality of records, privileged communication, confinement against one’s will, and the importance of malpractice insurance.

Critical experiment

Critical experiment refers to a key experiment that purports to distinguish among competing theories

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Critical Incident Technique

Critical Incident Technique refers to the job analysis method developed by John Flanagan that uses written reports of good and bad employee behavior.

Critical incidents

Critical incidents refer to situations that arise in a job, with which a competent worker must be able to cope. It is a method of performance appraisal in which the supervisor records employee behaviors that were observed on the job and rates the employee on the basis of that record.

Critical period hypothesis

Critical period hypothesis refers to the assumption that Language learning depends on biological maturation, and is easier to accomplish prior to puberty.

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Critical power

Critical power refers to a specific submaximal power output that can be maintained without fatigue.

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Critical situations

Critical situations refer to situations during childhood that are capable of leaving a lasting imprint on personality.

Critical thinking

Critical thinking refers to an ability to reflect on, evaluate, compare, analyze, critique, and synthesize information.

Moreover, Critical thinking is a type of thinking that invo

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