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Deutsch: Konsequente Erziehung / Español: Crianza sin rodeos / Português: Educação sem rodeios / Français: Parenting sans fioritures / Italiano: Educazione senza fronzoli /

No-nonsense parenting is a mixture of authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles that is associated with favorable outcomes in African-American families

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No-problem trajectory refers to a growth curve of children who are low in aggression throughout childhood and adolescence

- No-treatment control group : No-treatment control group refers to a group or condition in which the participants do not receive the treatment being evaluated in an experiment.

Noam Chomsky coined the term Language Acquisition Device (LAD ) to refer to the mental faculty that underlies the human ability to acquire language. Language Acquisition Device In Chomsky's theory, refers to the hypothetical construct possessed by all humans at birth enabling them to acquire language.

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- Noam Chomsky (b. 1928) : Noam Chomsky is to a Linguist whose nativistic explanation of language was instrumental in diminishing the influence of radical behaviorism.

Noble savage refers to Rousseau's term for a human not contaminated by society. He believed that such a person, would live in accordance with his/her true feelings, would not be selfish, and would live harmoniously with other humans.

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Nocebo effect is the adverse effect of a placebo.

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Nociception is the perception of pain; the activation of specialized nerve fibers that signal the occurrence of tissue damage. Nociceptor, likewise is the fiber that responds to stimuli that are damaging to the skin. Nociceptors is derived from Latin nocere, meaning "to hurt."

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