APRAXIA OF SPEECH
refers to a speech-articulation disorder that occurs due to lack of coordination between the muscles needed for speaking. This occurs…
ARAGO PHENOMENON
refers to an impaired sensitivity to light that exists in the center of the visual field when light conditions are…
ARCHITECTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
the study of the implications of a built environment on human behavior. This represents a major subtopic in environmental psychology.…
ARGUMENT QUANTITY
the number of premises included in a persuasive message that support the conclusion.
ARMOR'S THETA
an index of the overall reliability of a measure as it pertains to a given scenario. It comprises a set…
AROUSAL STATE
1. currently functioning in some way or performing some action, either continuously or intermittently. 2. exerting an effect or influence…
ARTEPS EXERCISE
the Army Training and Evaluation Program exercise is a field exercise designed to assess the ability of units to perform…
ARTICULATOR
n. any element of the vocal tract (e.g., lips, tongue, soft palate) that are involved in articulation - that is…
ASSOCIATE 1
n. something that accompanies, resembles or is categorized in some way with something else. 2. n. a friend, partner, colleague,…
ASSOCIATIVE ANAMNESIS
a psychiatric interview technique whereby the client provides an autobiographical account of his or her history and difficulties, while the…
ATARACTICS
n. pharmacological agents that have a calming or quieting effect, producing a state of ataraxy, or peace. The name was…
ATHLETIC MOTIVATION INVENTORY (AMI)
a self-report inventory commonly used to assess 11 personality traits that are statistically associated with successful athletic performance: aggressiveness, reachability,…
ATTACHMENT
the tendency of human infants and animals to become emotionally close to certain individuals and to be calm and soothed…
ATTENTION LOAD MEASURE
a method that uses competing cognitive tasks to assess the processing demands made by each individual task. The degradation in…
ATTENTIVENESS
n. 1. the state of being awake, alert and actively paying attention to a stimulus. 2. the quality of actively…