conditions of worth

the state in which an individual considers love and respect to be conditional on meeting the approval of others. This belief derives from the child’s sense of being worthy of love on the basis of parental approval: As the individual matures, he or she may continue to feel worthy of affection and respect only when expressing desirable behaviors. See conditional positive regard. [proposed by Carl Rogers]

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May 3rd 2024

physical map

a type of chromosome map that depicts the actual physical location of genes and genetic markers on the chromosome, with distances measured in base pairs, kilobases, or similar units. Various techniques are used in constructing physical maps, including positional cloning and DNA sequencing. The Human Genome Project has provided a complete physical map of all human chromosomes. See also gene mapping.