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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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IRRADIATION

1. A type of radiation therapy in which the body is exposed to radiation. 2. outward diffusion of energy. 3.

INTRACELLULAR FLUID

Cellular fluid and the fluid that is in the cells

INTERLOCKING REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE

schedule of reinforcement that is intermittent and needs one schedule to change in accordance with another schedule.

ISOLATING LANGUAGE

It is a language in which each morpheme is typically a separate word. Compare aggluti-native language.

ISOPHILIA

feelings of affection towards individuals of the same sex, though without the genital component.

ISOLATION EXPERIMENT

Removing an animal from social contact with other members of its species so that it can be observed.

IRIDOCYCLITIS

A noun meaning inflammation of the iris and ciliary body of the eye. Heterochromic is a form of disorder that

INTERMODAL MATCHING

the name for the ability to recognise an object initially inspected with one modality or sense like touch and via

ITEM RESPONSE THEORY (IRT)

a probability theory of measurement stating that the correct answer to an item is a function of an underlying trait

ISOTONIC CONTROL

A controlling gadget, such as a button or switch, that is activated by displacement of the control from a neutral

ISOMERIZATION

a switch in the structural order of a molecule without whatever change in its constituent atoms.

ISOTONIC CONTRACTION

is a type of muscle contraction in which the muscle shortens and thickens like when a person flexes the biceps

ITEM-TO-ITEM RELIABILITY

the response correlation to one particular item in a test or subtest with resonses to another particular item in that

ISCHEMIC PENUMBRA

a zone of relatively average damage to the tissues caused by inadequate blood supply. Tissues in the penumbra may be

JACKSONIAN MARCH

An older name for clonic motor movements in one region or side of the body that start in one muscle

ISCHEMIA

A noun standing for deficiency of blood in an organ or tissue. See cerebral ischemia

ISOMORPHISM

1. In cognition, the relationship between a perceived stimulus and the resulting verbal process as in pronunciation of a printed

IUPSYS

International union of psychological science.

ITEM VALIDITY

In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.

JAPANESE MANAGEMENT

management style in Japan in the 1980s stressing continuous improvement in quality, cnsensus decision making and acute inventory systems