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…
LOCOMOTION
the movement of an organism from one place (its point of origin) to its destination.
LOGISTIC FUNCTION
used in looking at the growth rates and longitudinal quantitative data. A typical basic expressed function y = r/( 1…
LONGILINEAL
refers to a body shape which is typically longer than the broader equivalent of the asthenic type in Kretschmer typology.
LOPERAMIDE
a drug of the opiate family which slows down gastrointestinal mobility thereby reducing the effects of conditions such as diarrhoea…
LOW VISION SERVICES
is also know as partial sight, low vision services are provided to those who may suffer from permanent or temporal…
LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS
a collection or network of fibres which derive from the spinal roots of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves.
LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)
is a molecule (a gonadotropin) found in the human females which is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates…
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…
LETHAL DOSE (LD)
The measurement of a specific drug which indicates the level before it becomes lethal to inject into a patient.
LEVELS-OF-PROCESSING MODEL OF MEMORY
first proposed by Canadian psychology M. Craik (1935 - ), suggesting that the encoding of a specific memory is dependent…
LEXICAL HYPOTHESIS
the theory that important natural characteristics and traits unique to individuals have become intrinsically embedded in our natural-language lexicon over…