ANAMNESTIC ANALYSIS
psychoanalysis that concentrates on the person's recollection of their troubles along with additional substance from relatives and acquaintances- a former…
ANCHORING BIAS
the propensity, in establishing impressions or providing quantitative assessments of a being under circumstances of doubt, to pass on tremendous…
ANDROGYNY 1
a term describing the presence of male and female physical or psychological characteristics within the same individual. This person may…
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…