ZENER CARDS
a standardized group of stimulant materials, alike to a deck of playing cards, modeled for utilization in experiments on extrasensory…
ZENO'S PARADOXES
many arguments introduced by Zeno of Elea, a Greek philosopher, against the thoughts of plurality and movement. People making a…
ZOMBIE ARGUMENT
a philosophical debate which centers on the trouble of differentiating conscious entities from non-conscious entities which are capable of carrying…
ZOOMORPHISM
noun. 1. the crediting of animal qualities to humans, inanimate items, or deities. 2. the utilization of animal psychology or…
ZAR (ZAAR)
noun. a culturally-rooted syndrome, typical in Middle Eastern and North African societies, which is credited to spirit possession. Happening most…
ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
with regard to Levvygotsky's sociocultural theory, the difference between a kid's actual degree of capacity and the degree of capacity…
WEAPONS EFFECT
escalated hostility or an elevated propensity toward aggression generated by just the sight of a weapon. If provoked, people who…
ZWAARDEMAKER SMELL SYSTEM
a system for categorizing scent qualities based upon a scheme initially cultivated by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. In accordance…
ZURICH SCHOOL
a team of psychoanalysts who were formative followers of Carl Jung in Zurich, in contrast to the Viennese school of…
ZERO POPULATION GROWTH
the condition wherein the quantity of births and deaths in a society is level, so that there is extremely minimal…
WECHSLER, DAVID
A German-American psychologist. Wechsler received his doctorate at Columbia University. During World War I, he worked under Edwin G. Boring,…
ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (ZIFT)
a type of in vitro fertilization wherein sperm and ova are combined in a laboratory container like a petri dish,…