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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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I STATEMENT

Communication tool where the first person pronoun is used in talking about a person's issues in relationships. They reduce the

INTERFERENCE

1. Term describing the blocking of learning and or recall by remembering conflicting material. Many sources, prior and subsequent learning,

GYRATOR TREATMENT

Alternative psychiatric treatment of the 18th and 19th centuries for people with torpid and melancholic conditions that was attributed to

INTERLOCKING REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE

schedule of reinforcement that is intermittent and needs one schedule to change in accordance with another schedule.

INTERITEM INTERVAL

the term used to describe the time interval between the pre

INFORMATION SEEKER

term that was identified in 1948 by US educational theorist Kenneth D. Benne, 1908-1992 and 20th-century US social psychologist Paul

INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY (ICF)

Facility providing appropriate levels of nursing and medical care to individuals who do not require the care and treatment provided

INTERMARRIAGE

1. Marriage between people of different racial, ethnic or religious groups. See exogamy; miscegenation; outbreeding. 2. Marriage between related people.

INTERMISSION

the term that is used to describe the asymptomatic period that can occur between manic episodes and major depressive episodes.

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

an approach where people or information using more than one discipline will collaborate and obtain more detailed information about a

INTERDEPENDENCE THEORY

theory applied to the approach to analysing social interactions and relationships that focuses on how each person's outcomes depend on

INTERIM BEHAVIOR

term describing behavior that occurs generally half way in time between successive stimuli. Compare adjunctive behaviour; collateral behaviour; mediating behaviour.

GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH)

the name of the hypothalamic hormone that controls the release of luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone from the anterior

INTERGLUTEAL SEX

The name describing coitus in which the penis is placed between the cheeks of the buttocks, without entry into the

GROUP SOCIALIZATION 1

1. Interactions between a person and the group beginning when they join and ending when they leave. 2. Socialisation of

INTERINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

the name describing the variations between people in one or more traits, behaviors or characteristics such as variations in intelligence).

INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER

Transfer of memory traces or learning experiences from one cerebral hemisphere to the other. Interhemispheric transfer can be demonstrated in

GOODNESS OF CONFIGURATION

the quality of a shape or a form with high levels of simplicity, symmetry, regularity and continuity. A mind can

INTERMEDIATE NERVE ARCHY,

This the term that is used to describe the deficiency need that is psychologically based, such as the need for

GUSTATORY STIMULUS

the name for the chemicals that activates the taste cells. Includes sugars, sodium and heavy element salts, acids, alkaloids and