BASIC REST-ACTIVITY CYCLE (BRAC)
n. a biological cycle which alternates between periods of wakefulness and sleep - or in other words, activity and non-activity.…
BATSON V KENTUCKY
n. a 1986 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the practice of dismissing jurors without valid cause…
BEAST FETISHISM
n. a sexual arousal which results from contact with animal fur, hide, or leather. Inanimate as these objects are, they…
BEGGING THE QUESTION
n. an informal fallacy wherein the initial premise entails the final conclusion. In line with circular reasoning, it is the…
BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…
BEHAVIORAL COACHING
n. a process in which a client is taught, trained, and guided towards learning a new behavior. The role of…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
BEHAVIORAL NEUROCHEMISTRY
n. the study of the influence of biochemical makeup on regulating and altering human behavior. This includes the effect of…
BEHAVIORAL SEX THERAPY
n. a form of behavior therapy which focuses on sexual functions and sexual relationships between people. It makes use of…
BEING LOVE (B-LOVE)
n. in humanistic psychology, a new kind of love which is made possible when cognition is fully enhanced. Ascribed to…
BELLADONNA POISONING
n. toxic reaction triggered by the ingestion of the deadly nightshade plant (Atropa belladonna), specifically its berries. The poison can…
BENIGN STUPOR
n. as lethargic state which is characterized by apathy. The patient stays indifferent to the surrroundings and is unresponsive to…
BERNOULLI TRIAL
n. an experiment in which there are only two possible outcomes: that of either success or failure, with the probability…
BETA-SECRETASE (P-SECRETASE)
n. a protein enzyme (protease) which cleaves the amyloid precursor protein to form beta-amyloid. These are the peptides which build-up…
BILATERAL TRANSFER
n. a transfer of skills learned from one side of the body to the other. Although the skill was originally…
BINASAL HEMIANOPIA
n. a condition wherein there is partial loss of vision. Specifically, the individual is partly blind in the inner half…
BIOELECTRIC POTENTIAL
n. the electric potential inherently present in in the individual cells and tissues of man. This potential exists in nerves,…
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
n. the internal mechanism which controls the rhythm of activities in a living organism. Referred to as biological rhythm or…
BIOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT
n. a perspective which involves viewing problems in psychology from the standpoint of biology. In abnormal psychology, it is an…