DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.
DIFFUSE BIPOLAR CELL
A retinal bipolar cell that gets input from many receptors. Compare midget bipolar cell.
DIMMING EFFECT
1. effect of bright light with fainter lights evident. 2. The increase in brightness of an image coming from dimming…
DIRECT ATTITUDE MEASURE
A way of assessing attitudes where a person reports on their own attitude. See explicit attitude measure- implicit attitude measure.…
DIRECTEDNESS
Sense of unified purpose that gives a personenduring motivation, continuity and orientation to the future.
DISCONNECTION SYNDROME
Neurological disorder where a cortical area that works with another becomes separated or isolated.
DISCRETE MOVEMENT TASK
A movement task with a start and an end. Compare continuous movement task.
DISCRIMINATIVE LEARNING, DISCRIMINATION OF CUES
Ability to distinguisn between 2 or more stimuli.
DISORDERS OF INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, OR ADOLESCENCE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
Any disorder starting in infancy, childhood or adolescence that does not fit any specific disorder.
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
A group of disorders showing a sudde, gradual or chronic disruption in normal integrative functions of consciousness, ememory etc.
DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING
A processing of information by several processing units and not a single dedicated processor. See parallel distributed processing- parallel processing.
DIURNAL MOOD VARIATION
Seen in some bipolar and depressive disorders where daily changes in mood happen. See seasonal affective disorder.
DOMAIN-FREE PROBLEM
Problem solving. Where a problem can be solved without any specific knowledge.