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Sensitivity training

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sensitivity training
n.
Training in small groups in which people learn how to interact with each other by developing a sensitive awareness and understanding of themselves and of their relationships with others.

Sensitivity training
A form of humanistic group therapy that began in the 1950s. Members participated in unstructured discussions in order to improve understanding of themselves and others.

sensitivity,
n 1. the ability to feel or experience physical stimuli.
2. compassion or thoughtfulness toward a person or situation.
sensitivity, tactile,
n a capacity to sense the transference of vibrations from the parts of the instrument (e.g., handle, shank, and working end) to the fingers of the clinician.
sensitivity test,
n a laboratory method for testing antibiotic effectiveness.
sensitivity, tooth,
n the state of responsiveness of teeth to external influences such as heat, sugar, and trauma. May result from occlusal trauma, especially if the anatomic relation of the apical foramen to the traumatized tissue is such that the circulation of the pulp is disturbed.
sensitivity, tooth, hydrodynamic theory,
n a theory that attributes tooth sensitivity to the expansion and contraction of fluids within the dentinal tubules, thus causing the nerve endings to trigger pain responses in the tooth pulp. See hypersensitivity, dentin.
sensitivity, tooth, neurophysiology theory of,
n a theory that attributes tooth sensitivity to the stimulation of either A-type fibers, which cause short, sharp, localized pains, or C-type fibers, which produce dull, aching pains that may be spread across a wide area.
sensitivity training,
n the use of group dynamics to experiment with and alter behavioral patterns and interpersonal reactions. Also called
T group.


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Last year the city's human rights commission even organized sensitivity training on same-sex affection for the system's police officers.
For better protection of women's participation in peace and security, gender sensitivity training should be mandatory for troops from all countries," Tanin told a special meeting of the UN Security Council on "Women and Peace and Security.
Salim Dubai I saw an article the other day about some sensitivity training for the Gulf and Ramadan in particular.
 
 
 
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