WATSON-GLASER CRITICAL THINKING APPRAISAL
a gauge of critical thinking wherein involved parties are requested to read and assess many statements.
WATSON, JOHN BROADUS
an American psychologist. Watson attained his PhD from the University of Chicago, where he studied biology and neurophysiology, in addition…
WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (WAYS)
a 66-object survey delivered to determine thoughts and actions which adults utilize to deal with distressful experiences in day to…
WATER ON THE BRAIN
a colloquial terminology for cerebral swelling due to retainment of water.
WALK-THROUGH PERFORMANCE TESTING WTI
a type of worker assessment wherein the worker is watched, interviewed, and graded as they undertake the jobs needed for…
WEAR-AND-TEAR THEORY OF AGING
a theory of biological aging proposing that aging stems from a build-up of trauma to cells, tissues, and organs inside…
WATERSHED ZONE
a zone which resides between the vascular distribution regions of two arteries. Even though the cerebral cortex is sufficiently supplied…
WEAK METHODS
1. problem-resolution methods based upon general standards instead of particular, field-based insight. These techniques can be employed toward a vast…
WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN (WISC)
an intelligence test cultivated originally in 1949 and generalized for kids from 6 years old to 16 years 11 months.…
WEAPON-FOCUS EFFECT
the propensity for eyewitnesses to concentrate their attention on any weapon present at the setting where a crime has taken…
WEIGHT EXPERIMENT
a psychophysical experiment wherein involved parties lift weights and their sensitivity to slight variations in weight is assessed.
WEBER-FECHNER LAW
the law postulating that to escalate the severity of a sensation within arithmetical progression, the severity of the stimulant must…
WATERSHED INFARCTION
necrosis of neurons because of disturbance of regular blood flow to a region residing at the periphery of a vascular…
WECHSLER-BELLEVUE INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WBIS)
a personalized intelligence scale for adults and older kids consisting of 6 verbal and 5 performance subtests which produce independent…
WEIGHT WATCHERS
a largely accessible weight loss and management program which is inclusive of practices of both support and self-help groups.
WEEKEND HOSPITALIZATION
a type of partial hospitalization wherein psychiatric patients are active participants in the community from Monday through Friday, but spend…
WEANING AGGRESSION
animal aggression guided by moms toward infants at the time of weaning to inhibit them from suckling.
WALD-WOLFOWITZ TEST
a non-parametric test of the null hypothesis in which two samples have been draw from populations that are exactly alike…