APRAXIC AGRAPHIA, GRAPHOPATHOLOGY
n. the interpretation of handwriting in order to determine the presence of personality disorders. Also known as grapho-analysis.
ARBITRARY INFERENCE
a cognitive error whereby a person draws a conclusion that is either unrelated to or contradicted by the evidence at…
ARCHIVAL RCCORDS
The data available in storage that is no longer often used. Examples include library records, telephone bills, computer time used,…
ARGUMENT QUANTITY
the number of premises included in a persuasive message that support the conclusion.
ARMOR'S THETA
an index of the overall reliability of a measure as it pertains to a given scenario. It comprises a set…
AROUSAL STATE
1. currently functioning in some way or performing some action, either continuously or intermittently. 2. exerting an effect or influence…
ARTEPS EXERCISE
the Army Training and Evaluation Program exercise is a field exercise designed to assess the ability of units to perform…
ARTICULATOR
n. any element of the vocal tract (e.g., lips, tongue, soft palate) that are involved in articulation - that is…
ASSOCIATE 1
n. something that accompanies, resembles or is categorized in some way with something else. 2. n. a friend, partner, colleague,…
ASSOCIATIVE ANAMNESIS
a psychiatric interview technique whereby the client provides an autobiographical account of his or her history and difficulties, while the…
ATARACTICS
n. pharmacological agents that have a calming or quieting effect, producing a state of ataraxy, or peace. The name was…
ATHLETIC MOTIVATION INVENTORY (AMI)
a self-report inventory commonly used to assess 11 personality traits that are statistically associated with successful athletic performance: aggressiveness, reachability,…
ATTACHMENT
the tendency of human infants and animals to become emotionally close to certain individuals and to be calm and soothed…
ATTENTION LOAD MEASURE
a method that uses competing cognitive tasks to assess the processing demands made by each individual task. The degradation in…
ATTENTIVENESS
n. 1. the state of being awake, alert and actively paying attention to a stimulus. 2. the quality of actively…