ZONE OF COMPARISON TEST
a technique of placing questions in a control question test to encourage objective study of physiological reactions on polygraph charts…
ZOLLNER ILLUSION
a visual illusion wherein parallel lines seem to diverge whenever one of them is intersected by short diagonal lines slanted…
ZEN THERAPY
psychotherapy which is informed by and integrates the philosophy and practices of Zen Buddhism and which, alike to existentialism, is…
YOUTH COUNSELING
counseling which supplies guidance, data, and advisement to youths, generally in early childhood up to the teenage years. Youth counseling…
ZOMBIE ARGUMENT
a philosophical debate which centers on the trouble of differentiating conscious entities from non-conscious entities which are capable of carrying…
WEAK METHODS
1. problem-resolution methods based upon general standards instead of particular, field-based insight. These techniques can be employed toward a vast…
ZURICH SCHOOL
a team of psychoanalysts who were formative followers of Carl Jung in Zurich, in contrast to the Viennese school of…
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL
noun. a conventional antipsychotic of the thioxanthene class. Side effects are inclusive of sedation, dystonia, and neuromuscular rigidity, and it's…
ZONE OF POTENTIALITY
the wide array of a pupil's capacity for development, growth, or excellence within a specific skill or subject region.
ZEN BUDDHISM
a Japanese school of Buddhism, extending back to the sixth century ce, wherein enlightenment was sought via direct, intuitive experience…
WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
an intelligence test for people from 16 years to 89 years. An alteration and substitution of the Wechsler-Belle-Vue intelligence scale,…
ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
noun. the capacity of non-human animals to choose plants and their portions for medicinal reasons to lower fevers or rid…
ZOOMORPHISM
noun. 1. the crediting of animal qualities to humans, inanimate items, or deities. 2. the utilization of animal psychology or…
ZYGOMATICUS
the group of muscles, innervated by the facial nerve, which initiates the motion of the upper lip upward, backward, and…
UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS
a declaration by the United Nations cementing the human rights of individuals with cognitive retardation. These issues were majorly subsumed…
ZWAARDEMAKER OLFACTOMETER
an formative olfactom-etkr consisting of a sole glass tube open at each end. One end was placed into a nostril,…