ANTICIPATORY IMAGE
a mental image that allows a person to envision transformations of that image, even if such transformations have not occurred…
ANTIHISTAMINES
n. Refers to a drug that has the effect of countering the effects of the allergen.
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
aggressive, impulsive, and often violent actions that violate protective rules, conventions, and codes of a society - for example, laws.…
ANXIETY HYSTERIA
in psychoanalysis, this refers to a neurosis in which the anxiety generated by unconscious sexual conflicts is expressed by way…
APHRODISIAC
n. an agent or substance that is thought to stimulate sexual desire or sexual activity in humans or animals. Agents…
APOSTERIORI
inferring causes or antecedents as a result of conclusions from other observations. Compare a priori.
APPRAISAL DIMENSION
any aspect of the criteria that account for a person's evaluation of an interaction with the environment and the generation…
APPURTENANCE
refers to a concept in gestalt psychology that means interaction or mutual influence between parts of a perceptual field. This…
AQUEOUS HUMOR
refers to the clear, sticky fluid that occupies the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. The fluid is produced…
ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRAINTS
limitations dictated by the architectural structure of the brain. This limits the type of information that may processed by the…
ARGININOSUCCINIC ACIDURIA
a disorder characterized by the presence of argininosuccinic acid in urine and cerebrospinal fluid. This results from an innate problem…
ARMAMENTARIUM
n. 1. the totality of the equipment within an institution, often a medical institution, which is necessary or sufficient for…
AROUSAL LEVEL
the level to which an organism is alert to stimuli and therefore physiologically responsive to it.
ARRESTED TESTIS
a testis that lies within the inguinal canal but cannot descend into the scrotum due to obstruction of the passage.…
ARTIFICIAL LIFE
a research area of artificial intelligence, whereby computer-based life forms are generated. Such forms, as first proposed by Austrian-born U.S.…
ASCH, SOLOMON E
(1907-1996) Polish-born U.S. psychologist. Asch emigrated with his family to the United States in 1920 and then earned his doctorate…
ASPIRATIONAL GROUP
any group that an individual wishes or aspires to join with. This may be an actual group, that is characterized…