VON FREY SPECIFICITY THEORY
a nineteenth-century theory, now highly controversial, which tried to describe feelings of coldness, contact, warmth, and pain by connecting them…
VOMERONASAL SYSTEM
a group of specialized receptor cells which, in non-human mammals, is vulnerable to pheromones, and thereby plays an imperative role…
VROOM-YETTON-JAGO MODEL OF LEADERSHIP
a design which can be utilized by leaders in deciding how much they ought to permit followers to engage in…
VULNERABILITY FACTOR
a variant which, if encountered or elicited, impacts the likelihood that a person will cultivate a condition, disorder, or illness,
VULVECTOMY
noun. the surgical removal of all or a portion of the vulva . A vulvectomy is carried out as a…
VYGOTSKIAN THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
the theory that intelligence increases greatly as an outcome of internalization or by kids absorbing what they see within their…
WAINWRIGHT V WITT
a 1985 case resulting in a United States Supreme Court judgment which escalated the prosecution
WAIST-TO-HIPS RATIO
the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. This ratio is frequently utilized in cross-cultural analyses…
SELECTIVE VALUE
Comparative significance of any aspect in assessing the evolution of internal organs, characteristics, or species by means of natural selection.…
SELEGILINE
Drug employed for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease, depression and senile dementia. In normal clinical doses it is a…
SELECTIVE RETENTION
Variance between people in the ability to recall specific incidents pertaining to the vividness, accuracy and reliability, amount, and particular…
SELF AS OBSERVER
Facet of self which clarifies sensory and linguistic input for executive control, specifically, the self as knower (see: nominative self).
SELF AS AGENT
Facet of self which has ambitions, plans, and an extent of control regarding behavior and activities. Offers contrast with the…
SELF-ABASEMENT
Degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority. Acute subjugation of oneself to the will…