AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED AND PREVEN
a pro enterprise whose objective is to encourage the passions of medical and precautionary psychology. It stimulates a study's positioning…
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (APS)
the eldest academic enterprise in America, formed in 1743 beneath the urging of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wherein it's…
AMOK (AMUCK)
a culturally influenced disorder seen in men in the Philippines, Malaysia, and other areas in the southeastern region of Adia.…
AMPLITUDE OF LIGHT WAVE
the highest possible diversion of a wave of light from its average force. The stronger the magnitude of a light…
ANAL PERSONALITY
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a trend of character traits thought to result from the anal stage of psychosexual developing,…
ANAL-RETENTIVE PHASE
with regard to psychoanalytic standards, a level of the anal stage characterized by enjoyment experienced by holding onto bodily waste…
ANCHOR TEST
an examination employed in effort to mandate standards to which other examinations in the same arena can be compared to
ANDROGYNOUS PERSONALITY
a mixed personality style in which an individual displays psychological characteristics typically assigned to men and women, as opposed to…
ANGEL DUST
a street term for PCP (phencyclidine) crystals that are commonly sprinkled on marijuana, but can also be added to herbs…
ANIMAL GROOMING BEHAVIOR
behavior hypothesized to serve social and hygienic functions. Self-grooming is related to mating behavior, and may involve removing dirt from…
ANIMAL TOOL USE
the use of extraneous or external materials by animals, solely for the purposes of solving problems. Until recently, the use…
ANOMALOPIA
a condition characterized by abnormal and anomalous color vision. See also achromatism- color blindness- anomalopia.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
an eating disorder, which occurs frequently in adolescent girls, involving the refusal of food, a drive for thinness, perceptual disturbances…
ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLES
pairs or groups of muscles that work to oppose each other - thus allowing flexible movement. For example, the biceps…
ANTHROPOGENESIS
n. a scientific study paradigm relating to the study of human origins and development. Also known as anthropogeny.