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AVIATION CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM

refers to a program developed at the Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama (in 1962). The Laboratory conducts and

AVOLITION

n. refers to a marked failure to engage in goal-directed behavior. This occasionally occurs in severe major depressive episodes.

AXOTOMY

n. refers to the severing of an axon. Denervation of this type is often used in experimental studies of neurophysiology,

ABILITY GROUPING

1. categorization within learning environments that divides individuals based on their individual aptitudes and groups them together with like persons.

ABORTIFACIENT

an agitator that elicits abortion to occur- sometimes referred to as an abortient.

ABSOLUTE IDEALISM

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's proposal that there is some direct fusion between people and the world in which they live,

ABSTRACT IDEA

a basic concept that is looked at in contrast to firm examples.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

accomplishment and achievement of education through higher learning principles

ACAMPROSATE

noun. A portion of GABA (gammaaminobutyric acid) neurotransmitters that aid in overseeing alcohol dependency. Has demonstrated productiveness in terms of

ACCESSIBILITY

noun. Open, receptive, approachable

ACCOMMODATIVE INSUFFICIENCY

a decline in the effectiveness of ocular accommodation, varying from minute to large reductions. Commonly seen in persons with recent

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE (ACHE)

noun. a compound that divides acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid, subsequently turning off the neurotransmitter after its discharge at

ACHIEVEMENT QUOTIENT

commonly referred to as AQ- the proportion of real perfor

ACONURESIS

noun. Non-voluntary urination

ACQUIESCENCE

noun. Compromise and approval, generally with ease and lacking any complaint.

ACROMEGALOID-HYPERTELORISM-PECTUS CARINATUM SYNDROME

an inborn situation, thought to be passed on genetically, commonly identified by smaller-than-average heights, cognitive retardation, eyes that are far

ACTION INTERPRETATION

the nonverbal response of a counselor to a client's performance or comments,

ACTIVATION HYPOTHESIS

1. in regard to cognitive theory, the idea that mathematical pressures on the ties or nodes of cognitive system designs

ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION

a technique of managing sound ranges which includes the manufacturing of noises to allow them to terminate different noises.

ACTIVITY DRIVE

a living body's postulated inborn longing for or desire to be physically active, frequently demonstrated as a need to maneuver