ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
a collection of cognitive abilities in animals that are typified by learning, problem solving, and higher-order cognition. Current researchers tend…
ANIMAL-HUMAN COMPARISON
the use of experiments, studies, and research to make inferences about human behavior from animal behavior. Animals similar to humans…
ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE
refers to any one of a states of consciousness, but most popularly described as an altered state - that is…
ANORTHOSCOPE
n. a device consisting of two consecutive disks that operate in opposing directions. The front disk is completely opaque but…
ANTERIOR CHOROIDAL ARTERY
a narrow artery that branches from the posterior of the mid-cerebral artery. It lays across the optic tract in the…
ANTHROPOLOGY
n. refers to the overall study of human beings. Subsectors look at similarities and differences between groups in terms of…
ANTICIPATION
n. the imagining of a future event, which sometimes creates an affective response (a court date - anxiety, a party…
ANTICONVULSANTS
pi. n. drugs used to reduce the frequency or severity of epileptic seizures or fits. Can be used to terminate…
ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR
all forms of action by an organism, either reflexive or reactive that function to avoid predation. This behavior includes anti…
ANXIETY-RELIEF RESPONSE
in behavior therapy, this refers to the repetition of reassuring or tranquilizing words and phrases (e.g., calm
APGAR SCORE
an immediate evaluation of a newborn infant's responsiveness measured on five factors: skin color, heart rate, respiratory effort, reflexes, and…
APOLLONIAN
adj. describes a state of mind that is extremely well-ordered, rational, and very harmonious (from Apollo, the god of prophecy,…
APPARITION
n. 1. a visual illusion that results from the distortion of a perceived object of some kind. Often interpreted as…
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
the application of the theories, principles, and techniques of psychology to clinical settings, for example, the treatment of psychopathology, educational…
APPROACH CONTROL TEST
a test for simulation and assessment of air traffic control, and the human factors involved. It assesses the relative influence…