BENDER VISUAL-MOTOR GESTALT TEST
n. a psychological test specifically designed to assess visual-motor functioning and visual perception skills especially among children. In the copy…
BEREAVEMENT
n. a feeling of deep, unexplainable loss brought on by the passing on of a family member, friend, or loved…
BETA WEIGHT
n. in statistics, refers to the number by which a specific predictor is multiplied. In line with multiple regression analysis,…
BIMANUAL INTERFERENCE
n. a problem which occurs when the movement of the two arms or hands are not designed to be coordinated…
BIOCHEMICAL MARKER
n. a biochemical variable which has been detected in a disease, whether or not this substance directly or indirectly causes…
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
n. the science which integrates that area of overlap between biology and psychology. It studies the reciprocal relationship between the…
BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEM
n. any biological process which is studied on a system level. Thus, it is studied and described as to its…
BIOTRANSFORMATION
n. the metabolic processes whereby substances are transformed from one chemical compound to another. These transformations occur as a series…
BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER PHENOMENON
n. a group phenomenon which describes how human beings tend to be attracted to and be affiliated with people similar…
BISTABLE PERCEPTUAL EVENTS
adj. the state of alternating between two perceptual phases or events. Thus, sensory stimuli appear to alternate or flip in…
BLAKE-MOUTON MANAGERIAL GRID
n. a model of management and leadership style which assesses a leader on two dimensions, that is, a concern for…
BLIND ALLEY
n. a type of passage or pathway wherein the entrance and exit are one and the same. It creates a…
BLOCK DESIGN
n. in experimental psychology, refers to a design which systematically divides participants into homogenous groups (blocks). The homogeneity of each…
BLUE-YELLOW BLINDNESS
n. in psychological optics, refers to a kind of partial color blindness. Although rare in occurrence, it does disturb visual…
BODY DYSMORPHIA
n. the preoccupation with one's perceived defects and flaws to the point of being obsessive and irrational. Improving body concept…
BODY TEMPERATURE
n. in biology, refers to the mammalian trait of being warm-blooded. Human beings are able to regulate their own temperature…