LAW OF CONTIGUITY
A principle of learning which states that to establish an association between two events, they must be experienced close together…
LA BELLE INDIFFERENCE
Seen in some people with conversion disorder it is the inappropriate lack of concern about the seriousness or implications of…
LACRIMAL REFLEX
the secretion of tears due to variety of stimuli, including stimuli that irritate receptors.
LATAH (LATTAH)
A condition that is characterized by an exaggerated startle reaction brought on by social triggers or cues. Symptoms displayed include…
LATITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE
The basis of attitudal positions a person would prefer and the range of positions the individual considers acceptable. The first…
LAMOTRIGINE
Although ineffective for treating acute maniac episodes it has gained acceptance as a single drug treatment for acute bipolar depression…
LANGUAGE DISABILITY
Also see general language disability it is the development or function with a significant difficulty with or impairment of language.
LATCHKEY CHILDREN
Children who have no adult supervision outside of school hours until a parent or caretaker arrives.
LATITUDE OF REJECTION
Positions an indvidual holds that allows them to reject certain behaviors.
LABELED LINES
Inputs to the brain that are nerve inputs and the brain conceptualized as each reporting only one particular type of…
LAND THEORY OF COLOR VISION
a theory that colour registration proceeds in the brain. Demonstrations such as the land effect suggest that various wave lengths…
LANGUAGE ESP
The ostensible phenomenon in which participants make an above chance number of correct calls or guesses about targets presented in…
LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
LABELED-LINE THEORY OF TASTE CODING
The taste is perceived exclusively as a product of activity in that labelled line activity in neurons outside the labelled…