DEVELOPMENTAL TEST OF VISUAL-MOTOR INTEGRA
A measure of visuomotor development where the particpant copies increasingly difficult designs.
DIAGNOSTIC EDUCATIONAL TESTS
Tests that are used to identify any deficiences in academic learning. Also called eduactional tests.
DICHORIAL TWINS
Twins with separate chorionic membranes as embyos. Compare monochorial twins.
DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF HIGH RATE (DRH)
Reinforcement that is dependent of a fast response to stimuli.
DIFFUSION OF RESPONSIBILITY
The lessening of responsibility by individuals in a group situation or social collective.
DIRECT PERCEPTION
A theory that we can perceive an object on distal stimulus alone. See ecological perception. Compare constructivism.
DISCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
Theory where a cause is given less weight if ther are other causes possible. Compare augmentation principle.
DISCRIMINAL DISPERSION
Responses distributed around a given mean in an experiment of discriminations.
DISCUSSION METHOD
A method of teaching where teacher and students actively partake in the learning process.
DISINHIBITION
1. Lessening or loss of normal control exerted by the cerebral cortex. 2. Conditioning experiments where a response has been…
DISPOSITION
A behavioural trait that distinguishes from person from others. Compare situational attribution.
DISSOCIATIVE PROCESS
A process disrupting normal integrative functions of memory, consciousness or perception of the environment. See dissociative disorders.