ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR
behavior carried out for the advantage of other people. Selfless behavior consists of a variety of approaches, such as expression…
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY (AAAP)
a pro enterprise formed in 1937 at the hands of consulting, technical, academic, and industrial psychologists who turned away from…
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA)
a nationwide medical specialization community whose doctor members focus on the identification and care of cognitive and emotional ailments and…
ANAL SADISM
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the displaying of demanding urges in the anal stage of psychosexual development, concerning the deterioration…
ANAL-SADISTIC PHASE
with regard to psychoanalytic standards, a level of the anal stage wherein a youth develops demanding and hostile intentions that…
ANDROGYNOUS SEX ROLE
n. a mixture of typically male and typically female sex roles, usually incorporating preferred aspects of both. There may be…
ANGELL, JAMES ROWLAND
(1869-1949). American psychologist often credited with the founding of FUNCTIONALISM, a brand of psychology that focuses on the function (as…
ANIMAL HOMING
the innate ability of an animal to navigate back to its place of origin when voluntary or involuntarily displaced. For…
ANIMAL VOCALIZATION
any vocal sound an animal may make that can provide information about its internal state, communicate with others, manage the…
ANKYLOGLOSSIA
n. A condition marked by the unusual shortness of the lingual frenum, which causes the tongue to experience a restricted…
ANOMALOUS DICHROMATISM
a specific type of color vision in which the individual can only perceive two (as opposed to three) primary colors.…