MENTAL ABILITIES
describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…
MENTAL REPRESENTATION
is an entirely hypothetical being or entity which, philosophers believe stand for- perception, thought, memory and other mental processes during…
METALINGUISTIC AWARENESS
is the conscious understanding and awareness of the full formal properties of a language such as English or French, including…
MINORITY INFLUENCE
is the theory that societal pressure can be exerted by a small group but positively affect the majority group despite…
MODERATE DEPRESSION
a depressive episode where the number of symptoms exceed that of mild depression but less than the number required to…
MOOD-DEPENDENT MEMORY
is a theory which suggests the rate at which a memory can be retrieved is dependent on the mood the…
MOTION PARALLAX
is a depth cue which explains the movements of interrelated elements in a scene which occurs when an observer moves…
MULTIDIMENSIONAL
in the context of physics describes a form of analysis which takes into consideration factors or variables which can be…
MUTTERING DELIRIUM
is characterized by- low utterances, slurring, dysarthria, iteration, perseveration or a combination. These are typically accompanied with the motor features…
NATURAL EXPERIMENT
is an experimental design where a natural event which is typically a natural disaster is classed as an experimental condition…
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
opposed to a positive feedback is a system which detects a change from a constant, and then stimulates various effectors…
NEURAL DARWINISM
was first proposed by U.S. neuroscientist Gerald M. Edelman (1929 - ) in 1987, in which he explained his biological…
NONDECLARATIVE MEMORY
a collection of several different types of memory which function automatically and collect data which isn't within reach to aware…
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)
in the DSM-IV-TR, designating a widely-based diagnostic classificaton, for instance, depressive disorder not otherwise ascertained. The NOS diagnosis is selected…
OBJECT PERMANENCE
insight into the ongoing presence of items even whenever they're not directly understood.
OCULOVESTIBULAR RESPONSE
eye motions which arise whenever the head is moved. They're utilized to challenge the integrity of the reticular activating system…
OPERATIVE KNOWLEDGE
insights learned in the act of performing functions, considered to be more fundamental and more predictive of later intellectual behaviors…