FUNCTIONAL ASYMMETRY
the term for the perceptual superiority of one eye or one ear for certain stimuli. The right ear may be…
FUNDAMENTAL SYMPTOMS
The 4 primary symptoms of schizophrenia according to Bleuler, abnormal associations, autistic behaving and thinking, abnormal effect and ambivalence. Compare…
GATEKEEPER ROLE
the responsibility of judges to determine the admissibility in court of both scientific and non-scientific expert testimony according to criteria…
GENDER SCHEMA
the term that applies to the organized set of beliefs and expectations that guides a person's understanding of gender or…
GENERAL SLOWING
the term that is used for an explanation of cognitive aging that attributes poorer cognitive performance of older adults on…
GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GEROPSYCHOLOGY
the branch of psychology dealing with the mental health of older adults and the study of the process of aging.…
GRADED POTENTIAL
neural potential not propagated but will decline with distance from a source. Includes receptor potentials, post synaptic potentials, subthreshold potentials.…
GROUP POLARIZATION
Tendency for members of a group discussing an issue to move toward a more extreme version of the positions they…
INFORMATION SEEKER
term that was identified in 1948 by US educational theorist Kenneth D. Benne, 1908-1992 and 20th-century US social psychologist Paul…
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…
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…