LAW OF CONTIGUITY
A principle of learning which states that to establish an association between two events, they must be experienced close together…
LADD-FRANKLIN THEORY
It is based on the notion that light of a certain wave length causes substances to be released from a…
LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME
Many children with the disorder experience seizures which generally disappear by adulthood, the syndrome usually occurs in children between the…
LATENT CONTENT
1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.
LAW OF ADVANTAGE
The theory that defines the process of thinking when one of two or more inconsistent or incompatible responses has an…
LABELING THEORY
Describing an individual as deviant and then treating them as such may result in mental disorder or delinquency also called…
LADD-FRANKLIN, CHRISTINE
He worked on mathematics led to an articles on a technical problem with binocular vision in the first issue if…
LANGUAGE PLANNING
a government attempt to change the way a language is used in a community.
LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
LAW OF ASSIMILATION
The theory that an organism will respond to new stimuli based on reactions to familiar stimuli. Also known as generalization.
LAGOPHTHALMOS (LAGOPHTHALMUS)
The condition occurs in cases of leprosy it is a disorder marked by the inability to close the eyelids completely
LANGUAGE TRANSFER
Negative transfer occurs when differences between the two languages structures lead to systematic errors in the learning of the second…
LATENT LEARNING
Learning that occurs without awareness or conscious effort or intention. Learning may come from social cues, through rewards, or observations.
LAW OF CONTRAST
The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.