AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE
uncritical, unwavering or mechanical compliance with the requests, suggestions, or commands of other individuals. See also command automatism.
AUTONECROPHILIA
n. a specific type of sexual pleasure derived from the fantasy that one is dead and that another person is…
AUTONOMIC RESTRICTORS
refers to people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), who have a lower heart rate, blood pressure, skin conductance, and respiration…
AUTOPSYCHOSIS
n. a delusional condition, usually involving some type of psychosis, in which the individual posits distorted ideas about him- or…
AUTOSTEREOTYPING
n. refers to the incorporation of stereotypes about the groups one belongs to into one's own self-concept. Also known as…
AVERAGE-EVOKED-RESPONSE TECHNIQUE (AER TECH
a method of finding the specific electrical responses of the brain, by modeling the average evoked response (see evoked potential)…
AVOIDANCE RESPONSE
refers to a response in which an organism anticipates and therefore responds to prevent contact with this stimulus. The avoidance…
AXIS CYLINDER
refers to the central core of an axon, which consists of a cytoplasm (or axoplasm) surrounded by the plasma membrane…
ABSTRACTION
noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a…
ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE TASKS
projects that necessitate the employment of academic trades and intellect.
ACCELERATION FORCES
pressures placed upon something derived from the speed of change of it's own speed. In regards to psychology, more attention…
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
1. the employment of proven tactics that aid in decreasing the frequency and grimness of accidents. Accident analysis is often…
ACHROMATIC INTERVAL
1. within eyesight, the range of intensity of light lying between the quantity needed for awareness of the monochromatic stimulus…
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
a harmless growth stemming from the auditory nerve, located in between the cochlea and brainstem. Loss of hearing in one…
ACQUIRED DYSPRAXIA
dyspraxia that's created due to the forfeiture of a formerly attained capacity to carry out coordinated moves. Commonly seen in…