LEVELS OF INTELLIGENCE
some theories believe that intelligence can be graduated in a hierarchal structure, these are the levels of intelligence. The top…
LEXICAL DECISION
the process whereby an individual is presented with a string of letters and asked to identify whether that string could…
LIFE-CHANGE UNIT (LCU)
a unit of measurement which is found on the life-events rating scale. The life-events rating scale assigns values to potential…
LIGHT THERAPY
therapy which involves the use of light to treat a variety of conditions such as sleep disorders.
LIMITED COMPETENCY
the opinion of a court of law which rules whether an individual is competent in some but not necessarily all…
LINEAR TYPE
a classification of body shape with the following typical characteristics: slender, narrow chested, long necked and long nosed physique.
LINGUISTICS
the study of the physical, structural, functional, psychological and social characteristics of the varying human languages.
LISTENING STRATEGY
an observation which implies listeners tend to pay more attention towards the end of speech and at the start than…
LOCO PLANT
any plant which belongs to the genus Astragalus or Oxytropis which grows abundantly in the wild of Western North American,…
LOGICOGRAMMATICAL DISORDER
results from an accumulation of semantic aphasia which results in components of sentences being swapped around changing the meaning of…
LOOSENING OF ASSOCIATIONS
the action of jumping between unrelated or indirectly associated ideals and theories mid-sentence without any reason. This is similar to…
LOW VISION
a period of decrease visual capacity, which is not necessarily the result of a physiological condition and as a result…
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
a medical procedure which aims to obtain a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for furthering the diagnostic process. It involves inserting…
LUST MURDER
one of the most extreme kinds of sexual sadism where one partner achieves sexual exhilaration from the murder of a…
LEADERLESS GROUP DISCUSSION (LGD)
Involves discussion between members of a group pertaining to the details of potential leaders and their currently lacking executive command.
LEARNING THEORY
A theory which sets out to explain the learning process itself. This term is actually an umbrella term for smaller…