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in Jerome Seymour Bruner’s theory of cognitive development, mental images or pictures of particular aspects of reality, such as a child’s mental representation of a doll.

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contraception

contraception

n. any method intended to prevent conception, that is, the natural fertilization of the female ovum by the male spermatozoa. See birth control. —contraceptive n., adj.