ATTACHMENT THEORY
a theory that (a) suggests an evolutionarily advantage, especially in primates, for the forming of close emotional bonds with significant…
ATTENTION SPAN
1. the length of time an individual can sustain attention to one task. 2. the amount of material retained during…
ATTENUATION
1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication…
ATYPICAL TIC DISORDER
in the DSM-lll, this represented a category of tic disorders. In the DSM-IV-TR these are labeled as tic disorders not…
AUDIOMETRY
the measurement of an individual's hearing ability with electronic audiometers for the purposes of diagnosing and analyzing hearing loss. Audiometry…
AUDITORY DISTANCE PERCEPTION
the ability to assess the distance of the source of a sound, based solely on acoustic information. Humans are fairly…
AUTOCHTHONOUS GESTALT
a perceptual pattern that is created by internal factors (autochthonous forces) rather than factors of the external stimulus, or the…
AUTOKINESIS
n. 1. refers to any type of voluntary movement. 2. an illusory perception of movement, for example, that experienced by…
AUTOMATIC PROMOTION
1. advancing a student who has not sufficiently gained the academic skills and knowledge of one grade level to a…
AUTONEPROPHILIA
n. a specific type of sexual pleasure derived from dressing as a baby, pretending to be a baby, or having…
AUTONOMOUS
1. having a completely independent existence. 2. having the abilities for self-government. 3. acting or operating under one