BRUGSCH'S INDEX
n. in anthropology and anthropometrics, refers to the index used in measuring chest circumference. The formula involves multiplying chest circumference…
BUPRENORPHINE
n. an analgesic which acts on opioid receptors, thus, treating moderate to severe types of pain. (Trade name: Buprenex) An…
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
a term which describes nonlinear causal relationships, in the way that the fluttering of a butterfly's wings in one side…
BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEM 1
1. A biological system described in terms of physical aspects, using physical laws and techniques from physics. 2. Hormone and…
BACK-FORMATION
refers to the creation of a new word on the mistaken assumption that an existing word derives from it. Commonly,…
BALDWIN EFFECT
refers to the influence on intraspecies evolution of phenotypic plasticity. That is, the capability of an organism to be flexible…
BAR DISPLAY
n. a machine display which applies to ergonomics. As the values of a system fluctuate, these are displayed through rectangular…
BARORECEPTOR
n. a sensory never ending which functions as a pressure receptor. Located in the walls and major arteries of the…
BASAL READER APPROACH
n. a method of teaching children to read. It employs reading instruction by means of a series of student workbooks…
BASIC MISTRUST
n. in Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development, the first stage reached without successful resolution. Thus, self-esteem and normal relatedness…
BASKET ENDINGS
n. free nerve endings which surround the base of hair follices. Forming a basket array, they synapse with sensory receptors…
BAYES' THEOREM
n. a formula which correlates the two conditional probabilities, one an antecedent and the other an observed event. Based on…
BEHAVIOR EPISODE
n. an incident which progresses to a larger sequence of events. As regards behavior, this sequence of activities plays out…
BEHAVIOR THEORY
n. an attempt to explain behavior through generally-accepted principles. The initial assumption is that behavior can be explained and further…
BEHAVIORAL DEFICIT
n. condition in which there is impairment in physical and mental functioning such that age-specific aspects of behavior are lacking…
BEHAVIORAL INTEGRATION
n. the process of combining individual behaviors into one whole behavioral unit. Instead of functioning separately, these behaviors become coordinated…
BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY
n. a school of psychology which studies aspects of behavior which are observable and measurable. It makes use of the…