LANTERMAN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ACT
1969 California Legislation voted into law setting a guideline of rights and responsibilities for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.…
LANGUISHING
A condition of ones mental health characterized by lack of interest, apathy, and listlessness usually caused by boredom.
LANGUAGE DISABILITY
Also see general language disability it is the development or function with a significant difficulty with or impairment of language.
LANGUAGE LOCALIZATION
Since 1861 it has been postulated that speech processing was localized near the third frontal convolution of the left hemisphere,…
LADD-FRANKLIN, CHRISTINE
He worked on mathematics led to an articles on a technical problem with binocular vision in the first issue if…
LASHLEY, KARL
An expert scientist that had researched on brain functions and organization of behavior. According to him, all the parts of…
LATENT CONTENT
1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.
LANGUAGE PLANNING
a government attempt to change the way a language is used in a community.
LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
LATENT LEARNING
Learning that occurs without awareness or conscious effort or intention. Learning may come from social cues, through rewards, or observations.
LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS (LH)
The portion of the hyothalamus which aides in the process of eating and stimulation of this part of the brain…
LAW OF CONTRAST
The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.
LAW OF EFFECT
The theory that the consequences of a behavior modify the future probability that the behavior will occur again in the…
LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME
A reduction in eating habits due to injury or disease in the pituitary gland located in the hypothalamus in the…
LATERAL LEMNISCUS
Nerve bundles that run from the auditory nuclei to the brainstem and terminating at the inferior colliclur and is responsible…
KOHNSTAMM TEST
The participant is asked to first stand next to a wall and press an arm tightly against it for a…