ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
Tests designed to measure knowledge or skill attained through training in a specific subject or area. Achievement tests are usually…
ACROCEPHALY
A disorder characterized by an exceptionally high skull and severe mental retardation. In one syndrome (Crouzon) these symptoms are associated…
ACTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
A treatment procedure in which the patient is directed to make a graduated series of changes in his behavior. Active…
ABERRATION
noun. 1. a departure from one's average behavior. 2. in regard to eyesight, when beams of light do not correctly…
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
behavior that is unlike the majority of a healthy human population- behaviors which could pose a threat to one's livelihood…
ABSENT STATE
a state in which a person feels less life-like as though they may be somewhat imaginary. Often a side effect…
ABSTINENCE DELIRIUM
a type of hysteria that can occur alongside withdrawal from substances once abused such as alcohol.
ABUSE LIABILITY ABX PARADIGM
a test in which objects are shown to participating parties with the intent that they will identify which objects match…
ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
a type of CBT (cognitive behavior therapy)- aids individuals in letting go of old behaviors that have hindered them in…
ACCIDENT-PATH MODEL
a prototype used to show the predecessors and producers of an accident via a sequential pattern.
ACENESTHESIA
noun. 1. lacking the ability to recognize one's bodily presence. 2. an absence of consciousness of one's particular form.
ACHIEVEMENT GOAL THEORY
any of numerous theorems of willingness that discern two kinds of success pursuits, goal-oriented, ego-oriented, that unite such dissimilarities in…
ACOUSTIC TRAUMA
a kind of nerve deafness caused by contact with profound noise. Actually, short periods of vulnerability to jet or airplane…
ACROAGNOSIA
noun. Absence of awareness of an appendage. Persons with this ailment do not sense their appendage even while they can…
ACTING OUT
1. the unrestrained and improper attitudinal declaration of denied feelings that aids in reducing stress corresponding with these feelings or…
ACTIONAL VERB
in semantics, a verb that implies actual physical behavior, typically carried out by a stimulus and generating an impact upon…
ACTIVE EUTHANASIA
straightforward behaviors designed to stop the life of an individual (or animal) who is now ailing to a great extent…
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS)
events which are integral to a person's hygiene routine. Tools gauging operations of daily liv