AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS
a series of language and cognition disorders associated with lesions in various parts of the brain. Lesions may affect hearing…
AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION
any communication that is aided, facilitated, or expanded by someone other than the communicator. An example of this is the…
AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING
a collaborative parenting style in which the parent encourages autonomy and independence yet still places fair limitations or restrictions on…
AUTOCHTHONOUS
1. native, indigenous, or original in some manner. 2. denoting endogenous processes that originate within the individual, independently of external…
AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE
any equipment that facilitates self-teaching, including workbooks, CD-ROMs, cassettes, and so forth. It is used to further one's education without…
AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE
uncritical, unwavering or mechanical compliance with the requests, suggestions, or commands of other individuals. See also command automatism.
AUTONECROPHILIA
n. a specific type of sexual pleasure derived from the fantasy that one is dead and that another person is…
AUTONOMIC RESTRICTORS
refers to people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), who have a lower heart rate, blood pressure, skin conductance, and respiration…
AUTOPSYCHOSIS
n. a delusional condition, usually involving some type of psychosis, in which the individual posits distorted ideas about him- or…
AUTOSTEREOTYPING
n. refers to the incorporation of stereotypes about the groups one belongs to into one's own self-concept. Also known as…
AVERAGE-EVOKED-RESPONSE TECHNIQUE (AER TECH
a method of finding the specific electrical responses of the brain, by modeling the average evoked response (see evoked potential)…
AVOIDANCE RESPONSE
refers to a response in which an organism anticipates and therefore responds to prevent contact with this stimulus. The avoidance…
AXIS CYLINDER
refers to the central core of an axon, which consists of a cytoplasm (or axoplasm) surrounded by the plasma membrane…
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…