AUDITORY STIMULUS
any stimulus capable of eliciting auditory sensation. This usually refers to a distinct airborne sound, but can also include vibration…
AUDITORY SYSTEM
the entirety of the biological structures and processes responsible for hearing. Overall, the peripheral auditory system, or auditory periphery, includes…
AUDITORY THRESHOLD I
refers to the minimum level of sound that can be detected and reported by an organism. See also absolute threshold-…
AUDITORY THROMBOSIS
refers to a blood clot that travels to the internal auditory artery, which results in sudden deafness.
AUDITORY TRAINING
a type of therapy that helps people with hearing loss to distinguish sounds and understand spoken language. The therapy teaches…
AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST
a memory test that involves learning verbal material, usually single words presented in a list, that is continually presented over…
AUGMENTATION
n. 1. an increase in the amplitude of the average number of evoked responses, either above background noise in the…
AUGMENTATION PRINCIPLE
in attribution theory, the principle that if someone performs an action when there are known constraints, his or her motive…
AUGMENTATION STRATEGIES
refers to mechanisms used to increase the effectiveness of psychotropic drugs- primarily by adding other agents. Augmentation strategies are commonly…
AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION
any communication that is aided, facilitated, or expanded by someone other than the communicator. An example of this is the…
AUSCULTATION
n. a diagnostic method in which the examiner, who is usually a doctor, listens for sounds within the body either…
AUSTRIAN SCHOOL
the theoretical developments in psychology associated principally with the universities of Vienna and Graz in Austria around the end of…
AUTASSASSINOPHILIA
n. a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is facilitated by the belief or fantasy that the person is in danger…