Glossary N

Glossary N

Numerosity is defined as the ability to determine quickly the number of items in a set without counting.

Nuremberg Code refers to a set of ten (10) guidelines for the ethical treatment of human participants in research. The Nuremberg Code, developed from the Nuremberg Trials in 1947, laid the groundwork for the current ethical standards for medical and psychological research.

Nurse refers to a person trained to care for the sick, aged, or injured.

Nurse-practitioners refer to nurses who, in addition to their training in traditional nursing, receive special training in primary care so they may provide routine medical care for patients.

Nursing homes refer to facilities that offer residents personal care, nursing care, therapies and rehabilitation on a 24 hour a day basis. Rooms are often shared, and communal dining is common. Nursing homes are often used to provide care during recovery from an illness. (--->Long-term care facilities)

Nurturant strategy refers to a crime control strategy which attempts to forestall development of criminality by improving early life experiences and channeling child and adolescent development into desirable directions.

Deutsch: Erziehung / Español: crianza / Português: educação / Français: éducation / Italiano: educazione

The processes external to an organism that nourish it as it develops according to its genetic code or that cause it to swerve from its genetically programmed course. Environmental factors that influence development.

In the context of psychology, nurture refers to the influence of environmental factors on the development and behavior of an individual. This includes all external conditions, experiences, and cultural influences that affect someone from conception onwards, in contrast to genetic influences, or "nature."

Nurture perspective is a term used in psychology which refers to the assumption that behavior patterns are mostly learned rather than inherited. In Psychology, Nurture perspective is also known as Empiricism or, more rarely, as Nurturism