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performance routine

a predetermined set of physical and mental behaviors followed during a performance that allows an individual (e.g., an actor, a musician, an athlete) to maintain focus, energy levels, confidence, and control.

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November 25th 2024

gender constancy

gender constancy

a child’s emerging sense of the permanence of being a boy or a girl, an understanding that occurs in a series of stages: gender identity, gender stability, and gender consistency.