NONSHARED ENVIRONMENT
with regard to behavior genetic analyses, those facets of a surrounding climate which peoples living together don't share and which…
NUISANCE VARIABLE
a variant which has no intrinsic relevance to the experiment but might assist with an increase in experimental error.
OBJECT-SUPERIORITY EFFECT
in visual comprehension jobs, the finding that decisions about a briefly shown line are made more effectively and successfully whenever…
OLFACTORY NERVE
the first cranial nerve, that carries sensory fibers regarding the sense of scent. It starts within the olfactory lobe and…
OPTICAL ILLUSION
an unauthentic visual picture generated by either physical or psychological aspects.
ORGANICITY TEST
an obsolete term for a mental or behavioral examination which has been proven to be differentially sensitive to the impacts…
ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE
the hypothesis postulating that growth of all facets of operating moves along from absence of differentiation to escalating differentiation, annunciation,…
ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE
the capacity to think more generally and look at objects and situations as a whole versus as their individual parts.
ACTIVE INTERMODAL MAPPING
the potential of small babies to incorporate data from more than one sense. This intellectual capability is deemed to underlie…
AFFECT DISPLAY
a behavior which acts as a sign of emotion which can be seen visually in the manner it is displaced,…
AGENTIC ORIENTATION
stressing accomplishment, being proactive, attaining goals, and commemorating a legacy for yourself, which might be displayed via certain characteristics, like…
ALLPORT'S PERSONALITY TRAIT THEORY
Gordon W. Allport's doctrine said a person's character traits are the vital points to the individuality and persistence of their…
AMBIVALENT SEXISM
a kind of discrimination that is marked by the simultaneous existence of unfavorable and favorable outlooks directed at 1 of…
ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFERENCE
with regard to psychoanalysis, the comprehension of a person's formative unions and encounters with others retold through their viewpoint to…
ANORTHOSCOPIC PERCEPTION
natural distortions created when a viewed stimulus is moving in a stilted or interrupted fashion. For example, when viewed through…
ANXIOUS DEPRESSION
refers to a major depressive episode accompanied by high levels of anxiety and fear.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
the application of the theories, principles, and techniques of psychology to clinical settings, for example, the treatment of psychopathology, educational…
AROMATIZATION HYPOTHESIS
the hypothesis that in rodents, testicular androgens enter the brain and are converted into estrogens by the aromatase enzyme. This…