AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR
any behavioral act that enables an individual to avoid anticipated unpleasant or painful situations, stimuli, or events, including conditioned aversive…
AZATHIOPRINE
n. refers to a drug that is used to suppress the immune response, in order to support organ transplantation and…
ABILITY-ACHIEVEMENT DISCREPANCY
the difference among what a person is know to be capable of in terms of academic abilities, and how they…
ABREACTION
noun. Therapy which pulls regressed and/or repressed memories into the forefront of one's consciousness in attempt to relieve pent up…
ABSOLUTE PITCH
commonly referred to as pitch perfect, this exemplifies one's capacity to recognize audible pitches without the use of other pitches…
ABSTRACT THINKING
employing an abstract attitude- a way of thinking in which a person can acknowledge the presence of all factors of…
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
the rights held by students and faculty within higher learning facilities to express themselves and their opinions wholly, without judgment…
ACCELERATION
noun. 1. a rise in the rate at which something/someone moves. 2. in regards to arithmetic, the speed at with…
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
the procedure followed to ascertain how an accident occurred in keeping with a plan to aid in prevention of such…
ACHEIRIA (ACHIRIA)
being born having just one hand or neither hand. 2. a state of illness in which one lacks the ability…
ACHROMATIC
1. lacking color- colorless agents of black, white and gray. 2. retaining the ability to bend light while keeping it…
ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS
acoustic or even sound-multiplying properties of a physical atmosphere. Just as imperative as the volume of sound is the time…
ACQUIRED COLOR BLINDNESS
faulty chromatic eyesight that evolves inside an individual with prior normal eyesight and no reported problems. These kinds of colorblindness…
ACROPARESTHESIA
noun. Feelings of pins and needles or other irregular feelings in the arms and legs. Types include: Nothnagel's acroparesthesia and…
ACTION POTENTIAL (AP)
the update in electric probability that circulates ahead in a cell during the course of the transmission of a nerve…
ACTIVATION-ELABORATION
a joint-process theory of memory supporting the idea that information kept in memory will fluctuate in amounts of both activation…
ACTIVE PLACEBO
a stimulus utilized in double-blind controlled studies of pharmacologic commodities which have zero healing properties, however contrary to a considerably…
ACTIVITY RECORD
compiled or documented information accounting a pupil's participation in events, sports, or other projects lying outside the daily structure of…