ATTENTIONAL BLINK
refers to an impairment in the ability to detect a probe (e.g., the letter X) in a rapidly presented stream…
AUDIOMETRIC ZERO
refers to the level of a pure tone of a given frequency that is minimally detectable by a person with…
AUTHORITARIAN CONSCIENCE
refers to the type of conscience that is governed by (a) the fear of an external authority or (b) the…
AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY
in general systems theory, processes or behaviors that occur completely spontaneously, in the absence of external eliciting stimuli.
AWFULIZING
n. refers to an irrational and dramatic thought pattern, characterized by the tendency to overestimate the potential seriousness or negative…
BARGAINING
n. an attempt between two parties to agree on terms and to resolve conflict. In the process,limited resources are traded…
BEHAVIOR SETTING
n. in environmental psychology, refers to the environment as the setting for observing behavior. This setting, for instance, may include…
BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
n. an appraisal method which rates performance, usually on the job. Behavior-based, this measure evaluates employee performance on a point-scale…
BIMANUAL COORDINATION
n. the coordination observed between the movements of the left and right hand. Bimanual tasks are believed to be influenced…
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
n. any condition that puts pressure and makes demands on both the physical and psychological defense system of a living…
BLESSED DEMENTIA SCALE (BDS)
n. a mental and behavioral rating scale (with subscales) used to assess the progress and severity of dementia. The scale…
BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING
n. information processing which starts with the initial data before it proceeds to higher-level processes. When the first stage is…
BROCA'S APHASIA
n. a condition in which there is loss of the ability to produce language in either speech or writing. It…
CAPACITY SHARING
n. a method of enhancing individual performance through the division of attention and its resources between and among different tasks.…
CATEGORICAL THOUGHT
n. a form of abstract thinking which involves more of the use of philosophical concepts and generalized classifications. This is…
CELL MIGRATION
n. a process central to the development of multicellular structures. It involves the movement of cells from their site of…
CONCEPTUAL MODEL
1. a plot or drawing employed to symbolize the correlations between two things and their traits in a visual way.…
CONDITIONAL STRATEGY
the capacity of living beings to produce varying behavioral techniques adequate enough for present frameworks and circumstances.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
the lessening of conflict and tension between people or teams, generally via the utilization of active methods, like negotiating or…
CONNECTIONISM
postulated by Edward I. Thorndike, the idea that learning consists of the obtaining of unbiased correlations between reaction and stimulant.