LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE
a step by step approach to mathematical calculations moving from one logical stage to the next in order to solve…
LONG-DELAY CONDITIONING
is a procedure during which the participant is conditioned, upon observing or hearing a stimuli to produce a delay in…
LOOSE CULTURE
is a term to describe a social group whose social characteristics include- risk-taking, originality and general flexible adherence to collective…
LURIA-NEBRASKA NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY ILNNB)
was a set of tests built on the original neuropsychological testing procedures proposed by Alexander Luria meant for use with…
LEADER-CATEGORIZATION THEORY
A model which makes the assumption that outsiders will automatically and spontaneously (without forethought) consider themselves as leaders of a…
LEARNED OPTIMISM
A psychotherapy mechanism where patients systematically remove depressive thoughts concentrating on the positive.
LEARNING STRATEGY
a strategy used primarily during the process of learning such as forming a mental image of a process.
LECANOMANCY
the process through which a clairvoyant looks into a bowl or container of water, through which they observe visions of…
LEISURE LIFESTYLE
A lifestyle (way of living) in which free time, otherwise referred to as leisure time forms a large part of…
LESS-IS-MORE HYPOTHESIS
a theory which implies teaching young and infantile children quickly with smaller pieces of information is much more beneficial that…
LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
a level of alert observed in human beings, which has a wide range from drowsiness when tired to sleep and…
LICKING BEHAVIOR
a behaviour typically observed in animals, especially those with maternal duties such as mothers. Numerous explanations exist for licking behaviour…
LIFE STRESS
the feeling of stress and sometimes hopelessness caused by critical life events which individuals typically have little control over.
LIGHT POINTER
typically in the form of a stick which assists technological devices with the activation of a light protruding from the…
LINEAR TRANSFORMATION
the transformation of two variables given the general equation of Y = a + bX.
LINGUISTIC-KINESIC METHOD
a method of studying disorganized and disordered behaviours with respect to language.