ZEIGARNIK EFFECT
the propensity for disturbed, unfinished jobs to be better recalled than finished jobs.
YERKES-DODSON LAW
a law postulating that the association between drive and action can be signified by an inverted U-curve .
ZEN BUDDHISM
a Japanese school of Buddhism, extending back to the sixth century ce, wherein enlightenment was sought via direct, intuitive experience…
ZIPRASIDONE
noun. an uncommon antipsychotic which is utilized for the remediation of schizophrenia and of acute manic or combined episodes correlated…
ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE (SDS)
a widely utilized adult self-report depression-screening tool modeled to gauge the severity of depressive or mood-associated indicators. It is additionally…
ZONE OF COMPARISON TEST
a technique of placing questions in a control question test to encourage objective study of physiological reactions on polygraph charts…
ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
noun. the capacity of non-human animals to choose plants and their portions for medicinal reasons to lower fevers or rid…
ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (ZIFT)
a type of in vitro fertilization wherein sperm and ova are combined in a laboratory container like a petri dish,…
ZOLLNER ILLUSION
a visual illusion wherein parallel lines seem to diverge whenever one of them is intersected by short diagonal lines slanted…
ZWAARDEMAKER OLFACTOMETER
an formative olfactom-etkr consisting of a sole glass tube open at each end. One end was placed into a nostril,…
XXXX SYNDROME
a chromosomal disorder wherein a female has four X chromosomes instead of the typical couple. Impacted females usually have small…
VERBAL PARAPHASIA
a type of paraphasia marked by the including of words and sentences that aren't appropriate in someone's speech.