LIMITED HOLD
a separate feature to some schedules of reinforcement whereby the opportunity for reinforcement itself can be limited to a fixed…
LIOTHYRONINE
is a naturally occurring hormone found in the thyroid gland of humans. It has been used as an anti-depressive drug…
LOCAL CIRCUIT NEURON
a neuron which is involved in short non-complex processes locally and is not involved in transmitting messages far from the…
LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
a term to describe the general movement of a organism or object from one area to another.
LOGISTIC REGRESSION
a technique used to display the binary dependent variable on one or more continuous variables.
LONGITUDINAL
in the anatomy of the human body, longitudinal refers to the longest axis of the body.
LOW-BALL TECHNIQUE
otherwise known as the door-in-the-face technique, a salesman will typically ensure that an agreement ensuring compliance is signed and sealed…
LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE THEORY (LMX THEORY!
An assumption that leaders will develop relationships which typically involve a degree of exchange between themselves and subordinates or co-workers.…
LEARNING CURVE
a graphical representation, usually via a continuous line graph which plots the course of learning of an individual or group.
LEARNING TRIAL
The presentation of a single fact or piece of information to be learned, the process during which the information is…
LEE-BOOT EFFECT
an effect concerning females which involves a prolonged diestrus phase, normally induced by exposure to pheromones.
LENGTH OF STAY (LOS)
A constant describing the length of a patients stay in an outpatient department. The LOS is regularly under review by…
LETHALITY SCALE
A list of criteria used to predict how probable suicide or attempted suicide is in patients. There are a variety…
LEVER SWITCH
similar to a leaf switch but completely free to move and with a free end at the opposite end to…
LEXICAL-SELECTION RULES
rules which govern the basic structural assumptions of sentences dictating where lexical items may appear.