LATENT NEED
Needs that do not truly exist but are presented in a manner that need a person can believe they have to…
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
The term is preferred by those who emphasize the active role of the child as a learner with considerable innate…
LATITUDE OF REJECTION
Positions an indvidual holds that allows them to reject certain behaviors.
LAW OF PRECISION
The theory that all visual preceptions tend to follow a regular organized forms with precise contours.
LAW OF ASSIMILATION
The theory that an organism will respond to new stimuli based on reactions to familiar stimuli. Also known as generalization.
LAW-AND-ORDER ORIENTATION
Moral development theory in which people make moral decisions based on following the laws of society. Also known as Socia…
LANGUISHING
A condition of ones mental health characterized by lack of interest, apathy, and listlessness usually caused by boredom.
LEADER MATCH
It is an approach to leadership that is based on the contingency theory of leadership. This states that leaders should…
LATERAL-LINE SYSTEM
The sensory system found in fish and some amphibians that helps the animal determine the motion of the water in…
LAW OF FREQUENCY
The theory that learning increases with the repetition of a process. Also known as the law of repetition.
LATERAL GYRUS
A major portion of the brain found within the parietal lobe located above the external ear and is responsible for…
LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO READING
The theory that using materials that relate to a child's experiences as an aide of teaching reading and other language skills.
LAW OF FILIAL REGRESSION
The principle that inherited traits such as tallness may revert to the mean of the population meaning offspring would be…
INTERVENTION RESEARCH
Activities designed to measure how much better a situation is after modification that is systematic and to measure or has…
LA BELLE INDIFFERENCE
Seen in some people with conversion disorder it is the inappropriate lack of concern about the seriousness or implications of…
KAPPA WAVE
It is a type of brain wave with a frequency similar to that of an alpha wave 10Hz but the…
INTIMACY VERSUS ISOLATION
Development and the eight stages of it erikson's and the sixth, this is from late adolescence through to courtship and…