BROFAROMINE
n. a drug prescribed in the treatment of anxiety and depression. (Trade name: Consonar). This antidepressant acts as a reversible…
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…
BACKCROSSING
n. refers to the crossbreeding a hybrid animal or plant with a member of the genetic line from which the…
BAD BREAST
in the psychoanalytic theory of Melanie Klein, this refers to the mental representation (see introjection) of the mother's breast as…
BARONA EQUATION
n. an equation which basically measures and predicts IQ. It makes use of demographic variables like age, gender, education, and…
BASAL METABOLISM
n. minimum amount of energy required to sustain life in a body which is at rest. This includes all vital…
BASIC MISTAKE
n. in psychology, a factor attributed to Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler. One that arises during early childhood, it is a…
BASKET CELL
n. any of a number of neurons located in the cerebellum. So-named because their axons terminate to form a basket-like…
BATTLEGARRISON DIMENSIONS
n. the dimensions of a mission when viewed as to risk (low to high) and as to type (routine to…
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…