ALLOPSYCHIC
A general term characterizing the assignment or projection of one’s own thoughts or ideas to people or events in the…
ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD
The minimum level of stimulation that can be detected 50 per cent of the time; also called “detection threshold.” What…
ABSTRACTION
noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a…
ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE TASKS
projects that necessitate the employment of academic trades and intellect.
ACCELERATION FORCES
pressures placed upon something derived from the speed of change of it's own speed. In regards to psychology, more attention…
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
1. the employment of proven tactics that aid in decreasing the frequency and grimness of accidents. Accident analysis is often…
ACHROMATIC INTERVAL
1. within eyesight, the range of intensity of light lying between the quantity needed for awareness of the monochromatic stimulus…
ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
a harmless growth stemming from the auditory nerve, located in between the cochlea and brainstem. Loss of hearing in one…
ACQUIRED DYSPRAXIA
dyspraxia that's created due to the forfeiture of a formerly attained capacity to carry out coordinated moves. Commonly seen in…
ACROTOMOPHILIA
noun. An unhealthy intrigue applying to amputations. Some persons may become sexually excited by amputees.
ACTION RESEARCH
investigation or analysis that is directed in the direction behind a useful objective, typically a growth in a specific function…
ACTIVE ALGOLAGNIA
carnal excitement by inflicting pain upon someone else. Reference: sexual sadism.
ACTIVE SCOPOPHILIA
pathologic concentration in watching others take part in sexual behavior or in watching someone's genitalia. It might be demonstrated as…
ACTIVITY THEORY
1. a way of thinking, cultivated mainly by Soviet specialists, which concentrates upon processes as a whole instead of the…