INTEREST TEST
an inventory where the person is asked to express their likes and dislikes for a range of different activities and…
INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER
Impulse disorder with many episodes where a person will fail to resist any aggressive impulses and will commit acts of…
INTERNAL CONTROL
the belief that a person is responsible for the consequences of their behaviour and is able to rake action to…
INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER
Transfer of memory traces or learning experiences from one cerebral hemisphere to the other. Interhemispheric transfer can be demonstrated in…
INTERNAL VALIDITY
Degree to which a study or experiment is free from flaws in its internal structure and its results can therefore…
INTERNAL OBJECT
the image or a representation of a person that is experienced as an internalised presence in the mind. The psyche…
INTERNALIZED SPEECH
the phrase that describes the silent speech you argue with yourself over a course of action, rehearses what one is…
INTERLOCKING REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE
schedule of reinforcement that is intermittent and needs one schedule to change in accordance with another schedule.
INTERLANGUAGE
State where a learner of a language has developed an internally consistent grammatical system with properties of both the native…
INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
Starts as a bifurcation in the common carotid artery at the level of the thyroid cartilage in our neck and…
G-PROTECTION DEVICE
a device used to counter the effects of gravity during flights. It is an inflatable cuff in the flight suit…
INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
Used in operant or instrumental conditioning. The name given to any pattern of reinforcement where only some responses are reinforced.…
GROWTH HORMONE (GH)
Hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland promoting cell and tissue growth Stimulates synthesis of protein and bone…
INTERNAL CONSISTENCY
term used to describe the degree to which all the items on a test measure the same thing.
INTERNAL CAPSULE
Band of nerve fibres in the corpus striatum extending between the caudate nucleus and golbus pallidus. Contains fibres from parts…
GRADIENT OF TEXTURE
the term that applies to the progressively finer appearance of textures and surface grains of objects as the viewer moves…
INTERNAL WORKING MODEL OF ATTACHMENT
The cognitive construction about workings of a relationship like expectations of support and affection. Early relationships can be a template…