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Birching means whipping someone using the stripped branch of a tree.

Birth cohort refers to a group consisting of all individuals born in the same year.

Birth culture refers to a culture's beliefs, values, and guidelines for behavior regarding pregnancy and childbirth.

Birth order refers to the idea that place in the family constellation, such as being the youngest child or the oldest child can have an impact on one"s later Personality and functioni

BIS is the abbreviations of Behavioral Inhibition System, a brain System associated with increased Attention and Arousal and inhibited action ; a brain circuit in the limbic System tha

Biserial correlation refers to an index used to express the relationship between a Continuous variable and an artificially dichotomous variable.