Neurology

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INTEROCULAR TRANSFER

The ability of an after effect to be produced by stimulation from one eye but is experienced by looking through…

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in

INTROVERSION-EXTRAVERSION

Self orientation from introversion the range or continuum characterised by inward and concerns self directed and behaviours to extraversion, characterised…

ISOPHILIA

feelings of affection towards individuals of the same sex, though without the genital component.

JOHARI WINDOW

a model defining the extent of open communication between people. It is an imaginary window with four panes that each…

KINESTHETIC IMAGERY

Dynamic is the cognitive creation of the feeling of movements while physically moving, like a figure skater may imagine the…

LANDAU REFLEX

Absence of the reflex is a sign of a neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy or motor neurons disease. When…

EYE-VOICE SPAN

is similar to reading span, in that the eye-voice span, when reading aloud, is the physical distance (relative to a…

FACT MEMORY

is considered the binary opposite to source memory, where it is memory for a specific fact (see facual knowledge for…

FALSE AUTHORITY

is one of the assumptive techniques, typically found in business, where an expert in one area of society is assumed…

FAMILY ROMANCE

is according to Sigmund Freud the result of an over or under developed oedipus complex where the child believes they…

FEEDBACK LOOP

In cybernetic theory, this is a self-regulatory model that determines whether the current operation of a system is acceptable and,…

FIELD NOTES

These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They…

FITNESS

1. The set of attributes a person has that enables them to carry out daily tasks and perform physical work.…

FLYNN EFFECT

name of the gradual rise in IQ levels since records were started. The average is the same but the raw…

FOREBRAIN

the section of a brian that develops from the anterior section of the neural tube in an embryo and contains…

FORMATIVE TENDENCY

the term that is applied to the general drive toward self- improvement, growth that was hypothesized by Carl Rogers in…

FREE-FEEDING WEIGHT

the term applied to the body weigh that is achieved by laboratory animals when they are given unrestricted access to…

FRONTAL LOBE SYNDROME

a mental disorder from a lesion in the frontal lobe featuring an impairment of purposeful behaviour, emotional inability, poor social…

FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY

the tendency for drive motivated behavior to develop derivative drives, such that behavior may become independent of the original drive.…