AMINE HORMONE
virtually any of a category of specific substance compounds that house a sole amino acid that has been changed into…
ANCHORING BIAS
the propensity, in establishing impressions or providing quantitative assessments of a being under circumstances of doubt, to pass on tremendous…
ANTECEDENT
1. an event preceding or occasioning another event - setting the stage for a particular response. 2. In linguistics, the…
APATHETIC HYPERTHYROIDISM
a condition commonly associated with thyrotoxicosis. In contrast to other hyper-thyroid conditions, this condition is usually characterized by lethargy or…
AROUSAL SYSTEM
a diffuse system of nerve cells that controls arousal by activating both the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous…
ASYNCHRONY
n. refers to a lack of temporal correspondence in the development of different processes. For example, there is a time…
ATTENUATION
1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication…
AUDITORY CLOSURE
the ability to fill in parts of words that were omitted in an auditory presentation - this usually occurs in…
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
1. one type of episodic memory comprising of vivid memories including the time and place of events. 2. May also…
AUTOSHAPING
n. a method of shaping a behavior using rewards only elicited by responses. It is most commonly used with pigeons…
BABKIN REFLEX
refers to an innate neonatal reflex whereby infants open their mouths and twist their heads in response to pressure placed…
BASELINE ASSESSMENT
n. a measure of what humans and animals are significantly able to attain at a particular point in their development.…
BEHAVIORAL DEFICIT
n. condition in which there is impairment in physical and mental functioning such that age-specific aspects of behavior are lacking…
BELL-MAGENDIE LAW
n. in anatomy and neurophysiology, refers to the law which states that, as to structure and function, the anterior roots…
BIOCHEMISTRY
n. the study of chemical composition present in living organisms and the vital life processes which these biochemical substances affect.…
BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM
n. a normal biological fluctuation which occurs in an organism in response to periodic, cyclic changes in its internal environment.…
BODILY-KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE
n. in multiple intelligence theory, refers to the intelligence to perform multiple tasks with coordination and handle finer objects with…