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quid pro quo

an advantage given in return for something done or promised (from Latin, literally: “one thing for another”). The phrase has come to be associated with a form of sexual harassment in which sexual demands are made with the explicit or implicit suggestion that compliance will have positive consequences (e.g., a job promotion), whereas failure to comply could have the opposite effect (e.g., termination of employment).

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December 26th 2024

developmental systems approach

developmental systems approach

the view that development is the result of bidirectional interaction between all levels of biological and experiential variables, from the genetic through the cultural. Also called developmental contextual model. See also bidirectionality of structure and function; transactional model of development.