ISOLATION OF AFFECT
a defence mechanism when a traumatic event is experienced without the emotion associated with it.
ISLETS OF LANGERHANS
clusters of endocrine cells within the pancreas. These hormones together play a key role in regulating blood sugar and carbohydrate…
ISHIHARA TEST FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
It is a test that uses a series of plates (Ishihara plates) where numbers or letters are formed by dots…
ISOMORPHISM
1. In cognition, the relationship between a perceived stimulus and the resulting verbal process as in pronunciation of a printed…
ISOLATED EXPLOSIVE DISORDER
An impulse-controlled disorder characterised by a single discrete episode in which the individual commits a violent catastrophic act such as…
INVOLUTIONAL
Increasing age and the result of functioning optimal level and the decline of the body or any of its parts…
IRRADIATION
1. A type of radiation therapy in which the body is exposed to radiation. 2. outward diffusion of energy. 3.…
ITEM ANALYSIS
A range of procedures used to measure the statistical advantages of separate items comprising a particular psychological test. These procedures…
ISOTONIC CONTRACTION
is a type of muscle contraction in which the muscle shortens and thickens like when a person flexes the biceps…
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)
a commonly-encountered disfunction of the intestines, where some people experience increased constipation, diarrhea, others have both or alternate between the…
ITEM DIFFICULTY
item difficulty in a test determined by the proportion of individuals who correctly respond to the item in particular.
JACKSONIAN MARCH
An older name for clonic motor movements in one region or side of the body that start in one muscle…
JABBERWOCKY
It is from a nonsense poem in Through the Looking Glass (by British writer Lewis Carroll 1832
ITEM SELECTION
test- item selection for incorporating in a test battery based upon the final psychometric properties of the test battery.
INTERPERSONAL THEORY
Psychoanalysis. Based on a belief that people's interaction with other people, especially significant others and determines the sense of security,…