Neurology

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PHYSICAL ABILITIES

with regard to organizational and industrial environments, individual traits like velocity, strength, and agility which are needed to engage in

PLACEBO EFFECT

a clinically substantial reaction to a therapeutically inert compound or non-particular remediation. It is now recognized that placebo effects comes

DECEPTION RESEARCH

Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.

DEHOAXING

The debriefing of people who have been involved in deception research.

DENDRITIC BRANCHING

Patttern of dendrites from a neuron.

DEUTAN COLOR BLINDNESS

Colour blindness where green is not seen properly or is confused with red.

DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL

Theory stating that mental and physical disorders develop from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress.

DIFFUSE-STATUS CHARACTERISTICS

Qualitites a person sees in others when estimating their value socially, ability and relative competency. See expectation states theory- status

DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY

Form of construct validity shown by measuring the constructs conceptually unrelated and o not correlate with data.

DISSENT

1. Disagreement with the majority of opinion. 2. Disagreement with governement policies. See civil disobedience- passive resistance.

DOCTRINE OF FORMAL DISCIPLINE

An idea that the mind can be trained to learn by studying some fields first that will make is easier

DREAM INCORPORATION

The integration of accidental stimulus in a dream.

DUSTBOWL EMPIRICISM

The approach to science and social science consisting of making empirical observations and collecting data rather than establishing a theoretical

EASTERBROOK HYPOTHESIS

Where the range of cues attended to is inversely related to the degree of arousal.

EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)

The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.

EGO-BOUNDARY LOSS

The condition where a person lacks a clear sense of where his own mind and body end where these features

ELITE ATHLETE

An athlete competing at national, international and professional levels.

EMOTIONAL DIVORCE

The marital relationship where both partners live separate lives with no interactions.

EMPTY-CHAIR TECHNIQUE

Gestalt therapy. Where the client conducts an emotional dialogue with an aspect of himself or a significant person in their

ENDORPHINS

A class of neuropeptides found in the pituitary gland that function as endogenous opoids.