ANIMAL COURTSHIP
refers to species-specific courtship behaviors, with the goal of procuring a mate and engaging in sexual activities. The showing of…
ANIMAL PLAY
playful interactions between animals, typically young animals, that serves no apparent purpose in promoting survival. Generally includes aspects of courtship…
ANISEIKONIA
n. a condition whereby an individual perceives that the same object is of different sizes when viewed by each eye…
ANODAL POLARIZATION
refers to the flowing of electrical current toward the positive pole, for example, in a nerve cell. Typically in this…
ANSCHAUUNG
n. the German term for intuition. Coined by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) this concept refers to immediate - as opposed to…
ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY
a type of medical treatment using anitandrogens to mitigate an excessive level of male hormones. Specifically, it may correct hair…
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…