DEDUCTIVE-NOMOLOGICAL MODEL
Model for scientific explanation where laws of nature are used to deduce a working explanation for phenomena.
DEFECTOLOGY
Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.
DEFICIENCY MOTIVATION
Abraham Maslow's humanistic psychology. The lower 4 levels of hierarchy. Compare metamotivation.
DELAY CONDITIONING
Pavlovian conditioning. Where the conditioned stimuluses presented and after a time an unconditioned one is introduced.
DELBOEUF ILLUSION
Size contrast illusion using concentric circles that make some rings look smaller.
DEPOLARIZATION
A reduction in the potential of a cell, usually a neuron. See action potential. Compare hyperpolarisation.
DEPROGRAMMING
The process of restoring a person's original beliefs after they have been subjected to new ones in a cult for…
DESIGN MATRIX
A matrix where elements show the presence or absence of a participant, the row, inthe treatment , column, of experimental…
DESYNCHRONIZATION
In an EEG it is the replacement of alpha waves by irregular wave forms due to an external influence. See…