ANAL EROTICISM
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, enjoyable feelings corresponding with the voiding, withholding, or overseeing of the feces, or through provocation…
ANALOGUE EXPERIMENT
a trial and error process wherein a sensational occurrence is generated within the confine of a secured lab in effort…
ANALYTICAL INTELLIGENCE
in the classical principle of intelligence, the attributes and general knowledge of a person as gauged by traditional assessments of…
ANCESTRAL TRAIT
a transformative attribute that is homological in regards to a gang of living beings but still isn't distinctive to persons'…
ANDROGYNISM
a descriptive term that denotes the presence of male and female sex characteristics in the same individual. See also hermaphrodite,.…
ANEURYSM (ANEURISM)
n. swelling at a specific point in an artery, usually where arteries branch from each other, caused by the impact…
ANIMAL EMOTIONALITY
hypothesized emotional reactions in animals, as measured by heart rate, hormonal changes, and defecation rate. Correlations exist showing that the…
ANIMAL SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
the aggregate of all behaviors that include interaction with other group members or animals. These behaviors include cooperation, play, aggression,…
ANISOMETROPIA
n. a condition whereby the refractory powers of the eyes are unequal in the same individual.
ANOETIC MEMORY
the most basic and fundamental of memory in Endel Tulving's monohierarchic theory of memory. Refers to any type of learning…
ANTAGONIST
n. 1. An agent, for example a drug or hormone, that works to reduce the action of an agonist -…
ANTEROLATERAL SYSTEM
one of the major somatosensory system comprising of ascending in the anterior lateral white matter of the spinal cord. Originating…
ANTICATHEXIS
n. a process described in psychoanalytic theory, whereby the ego withdraws psychic energy from some unconscious desires, then strengthens other…
ANTICIPATORY REGRET
feeling the negative consequences of a decision prior to the choice made: For example, an individual may decide not to…
ANTIMETROPIA
a condition in which one individual has an eye that is myopic (nearsighted) with the other eye being hyperopic (farsighted).
ANTITHESIS
1. an idea, or proposition that is opposite to or contradicts another proposition or idea. 2. in philosophy, this term…
ANXIETY NIGHTMARE
a frightening dream that is sometimes thought to represent the innermost fears of the dreamer.