YERKES, ROBERT MEARNS
American psychobiologist. Earning his doctorate at Harvard University in 1902 under the instruction of Hugo Monsterberg, Yerkes stayed there as…
ZIPF'S LAW
with regard to speaking language, the viewpoint that the length of words within any language is inversely associated to how…
ZIPRASIDONE
noun. an uncommon antipsychotic which is utilized for the remediation of schizophrenia and of acute manic or combined episodes correlated…
ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
noun. the capacity of non-human animals to choose plants and their portions for medicinal reasons to lower fevers or rid…
ZOLLNER ILLUSION
a visual illusion wherein parallel lines seem to diverge whenever one of them is intersected by short diagonal lines slanted…
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL
noun. a conventional antipsychotic of the thioxanthene class. Side effects are inclusive of sedation, dystonia, and neuromuscular rigidity, and it's…
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…
WEBER'S LAW
the law postulating that the strength and intensity required to identify modifications within a stimulant is correlated to the absolute…
ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (ZIFT)
a type of in vitro fertilization wherein sperm and ova are combined in a laboratory container like a petri dish,…
ZWAARDEMAKER SMELL SYSTEM
a system for categorizing scent qualities based upon a scheme initially cultivated by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. In accordance…