ANGELMAN SYNDROME
a congenital disorder reflected by an abnormality on chromosome 15. Causes defects in neurology, motor functioning (gait abnormality), cognitive abilities…
ANIMAL HYPNOSIS
a state of motor nonresponsiveness produced by stroking in some animals, and exemplified by physical restraint. Termed hypnosis due to…
ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY
a specialized brand of psychotherapy that includes the use of animals to enhance an individual's social, cognitive, or emotional functioning.…
ANOMALOUS DIFFERENCES
major differences within a data set between predicted and observed scores. Oftentimes, the experimental design needs to be reanalyzed in…
ANTECEDENT VARIABLE
a variable that precedes another variable or consequence in a temporal sense. Although the consequence may not be related, both…
ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS
the branch of linguistics that connects language characteristics with particular cultural, social, and developmental structures in a given society. (see…
ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME
a disorder created by the actions of anticholinergic drugs, which have caused unwanted effects on the central and peripheral nervous…
ANTICONFORMITY
n. a deliberate, self-conscious refusal to comply with accepted social norms, often accompanied by the expression of ideas, beliefs, or…
ANXIETY STATE
1. see also anxiety neurosis. 2. formerly considered to be a traumatic neurosis precipitated by a wartime experience. This manifests…
APERT'S SYNDROME
a genetic condition in which the baby has an abnormal shaped head due to the premature closure of some of…
APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE)
refers to a protein that may help break down beta-amyloid. Individuals carrying a ApoE4 allele, are statistically more likely to…
APPARENT SIZE
the size of a stimulus according to the perceiver. This depends on many factors in addition to the size of…
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
the application of linguistic methods to practical cases. Typical contexts for this concept include language teaching, the treatment of language…