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motor behavior

1. aspects of human movement that include motor control, motor development, and motor learning.

2. see motor function.

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child-rearing practice

child-rearing practice

a pattern of raising children that is specific to a particular society, subculture, family, or period in cultural history. Child-rearing practices vary in such areas as methods of discipline, expression of affection, and degree of permissiveness.