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THEORY OF LEARNING
Psychological Hazards
- helplessness
- traditional beliefs about birth
- individuality of the infant
- developmental lag
- plateau in development
- lack of stimulation
- new-parent blues
- unfavorable attitudes on the part of
significant people names (names
that are potential psychological
hazards; names that are so
common, names that are so
unusual, names that are used for
both sexes, names that are
associated with comic strip, names
that are difficult to pronounce or
spell, names that lend themselves
to embarrassing nicknames, and
old-fashioned names).