ALPHA-ENDORPHIN
noun. a polypeptide carrying sixteen amino acids that have attitudinal importance which isn't full known or understood.
ALTER-EGOISM
noun. a selfless regard for or sympathizing for someone else in a similar situation as oneself
ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING
the infliction of authority aside from time honored incarceration of people found guilty of criminal offenses.
AMBIVALENCE OF AN ATTITUDE
the magnitude to which the assessment feedback corresponding with a disposition are contradictory to each other. If the assessment feedback…
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL SEXOLOGISTS (AACS)
an establishment formed in 1986 as the academic branch of the American Board of Sexology. From 1995 onward, it has…
AMERICAN MANUAL ALPHABET
a way of corresponding for people with deafness in such a way that the lecturer uses certain hand and finger…
AMES DISTORTION ROOM
a space wherein cues for range perception are employed by experimentation to twist the observing person's insight into the proportional…
AMNESTIC DISORDER
classified in the DSM-IV-TR as a disruption in memory categorized by an incapacity to retain new data being introduced or…
AMPHETAMINES
a team of drugs that encourage the reticular development in the human brain and result in a distribution of stored…
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
a motor neuron illness wherein both lower and upper motor neurons are impacted. It is characterized by advanced destruction of…
ANAGOGIC INTERPRETATION
delivered by Carl Jung and later fully implemented by Herbert Silberer, the comprehension of dreams and various other subconscious concepts…
ANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY
introduced by Carl Jung, a cohesive system wherein the mind is viewed as a composite of philosophical values, primordial images…
ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME
a genetic disorder affecting males, carried on the X (male) chromosome. The disorder causes abnormalities in reproductive and genital development…
ANESTHETIC
n. any natural or synthetic substance that results in the person losing sensitivity to stimuli. May or may not produce…
ANIMAL DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
behavior used in the act of self-preservation, to avoid falling victim to another animal or predator. The function of this…
ANIMAL RIGHTS
the rights of animals to be free from human abuse, suffering, and exploitation - especially relating to human research. Although…