BSEH SS Home Science flashcards
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- Cephalocaudal principle
- The pattern in which motor control develops from head to toe, so infants lift the head before sitting and sit before walking.
- Tanner staging
- A five-point scale (SMR 1–5) rating breast, genital and pubic hair development to assess pubertal progress in adolescents.
- Identity vs role confusion
- Erikson's adolescent psychosocial stage in which the young person explores values, roles and goals to form a coherent sense of self.
- Formal operational stage
- Piaget's final cognitive stage, beginning around age eleven, when abstract, hypothetical and systematic reasoning becomes possible.
- Human resources
- Non-material management resources such as time, energy, knowledge, skills and attitudes that families use to reach their goals.
- Net worth
- A financial measure calculated as total assets minus total liabilities, showing the family's overall economic position at a point in time.
- Resource substitution
- Using one resource to compensate for scarcity of another, such as spending money to save time when schedules are tight.
- Family life cycle
- Duvall's sequence of stages from beginning family through childbearing, launching and aging, each with different resource demands.
- Mutual supplementation
- Combining cereal and pulse proteins so each supplies the amino acid the other lacks, improving overall protein quality.
- Danger zone
- The temperature range of 5 to 60 degrees Celsius in which foodborne bacteria multiply rapidly and food should not be held.
- Xerophthalmia
- Eye damage caused by vitamin A deficiency, beginning with night blindness and progressing to dryness and corneal damage.
- Mid-upper arm circumference
- A quick anthropometric screening measure of nutritional status, especially useful for detecting acute malnutrition in young children.
- Mercerization
- A caustic soda treatment of cotton that increases lustre, strength and dye uptake and improves dimensional stability.
- Twill weave
- A weave producing diagonal lines on the fabric surface, used in denim and gabardine, with good strength and drape.
- Disperse dyes
- Dyes developed for synthetic hydrophobic fibres such as polyester, applied at high temperature because the fibres absorb little water.
- Seam allowance
- The extra width added to pattern pieces beyond the stitching line, allowing the seam to be sewn and finished.
- Authoritative parenting
- A parenting style combining high warmth with firm, reasoned control, associated with the most positive child outcomes.
- Secure attachment
- An attachment pattern in which the child uses the caregiver as a safe base and is comforted on reunion after separation.
- Cooperative play
- The play stage in which children organize roles and rules together toward a shared goal, typical of later preschool and school years.
- Family stress model
- A framework in which a stressor interacts with family resources and the family's perception of the event to determine coping or crisis.
- Daylight factor
- The ratio of indoor illuminance to simultaneous outdoor illuminance, expressed as a percentage, used to assess natural lighting.
- Work triangle
- The path linking sink, cooking range and refrigerator in a kitchen, kept short to reduce walking during food preparation.
- Anthropometrics
- Measurement of human body dimensions and reach, used to size furniture and set clearances in interior design.
- Analogous colour scheme
- A colour scheme using hues adjacent on the colour wheel, producing harmony with limited contrast.
- Consumer Protection Act 2019
- Indian law establishing District, State and National consumer commissions and covering product liability and e-commerce transactions.
- AGMARK
- An Indian certification mark for agricultural and allied products, indicating quality grading against prescribed standards.
- Unfair trade practice
- A deceptive business method such as false claims, misleading advertising or hidden charges that harms consumers.
- Bandwagon appeal
- An advertising technique suggesting that everyone is buying the product, pressuring consumers to conform and purchase.
- Result demonstration
- An extension method showing the outcome of a practice in a farmer's or homemaker's own setting, persuasive but time-consuming.
- Adoption process
- Rogers' sequence of awareness, interest, evaluation, trial and adoption through which an individual accepts an innovation.
- Non-verbal communication
- Communication through gestures, posture, facial expression, eye contact and spacing rather than spoken or written words.
- Method demonstration
- An extension teaching method in which a skilled person shows step by step how to perform a specific practice or skill.
- Food exchange list
- Groupings of foods with similar nutrient content, used to plan balanced diets by swapping portions within a group.
- Burning test
- A fibre identification test observing flame behaviour, odour and ash, such as paper-like odour for cotton and melting for polyester.
- Practical record
- A written account of practical work stating aim, materials, method, observations, results and conclusion for assessment.