ABSOLUTE JUDGMENT
a judging process in which something is objectified as being one-dimensional and classified based on a single trait. (see also:…
ACTIVE DECEPTION
the manner of deliberately confusing study volunteers, for instance, by providing them with incorrect data regarding the objective of the…
ADAPTIVE STRATEGY CHOICE MODEL (ASCM)
a theoretical design founded by American psychologists Robert S. Siegler and Christopher Shipley, which postulates the existence of numerous methods…
AESTHETIC PREFERENCE
the magnitude to which a particular stimulant is selected over other stimulants for cosmetic purposes.
ALLOSTERIC MODULATION
the joining of a chemical (referred to as an allosteric modulator) to a select spot on a receptor complex in…
AMBIVALENCE OF AN ATTITUDE
the magnitude to which the assessment feedback corresponding with a disposition are contradictory to each other. If the assessment feedback…
ANALYSIS OF THE RESISTANCE
a minor undertaking in the field of psychological assessment wherein a person's propensity to continually subdue unconscious urges and encounters…
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
an eating disorder, which occurs frequently in adolescent girls, involving the refusal of food, a drive for thinness, perceptual disturbances…
APPETITIVE STIMULUS
In positive reinforcement (see positive reinforcement) this represents an unconditioned stimulus that an organism will approach. The effectiveness of this…
ARGUMENT QUALITY
the degree to which an argument elicits primarily positive evaluative responses toward the attitude and deemphasizes primarily negative ones. The…
ASIAN INFLUENZA
a type of influenza caused by the II2N2 strain of influenza virus, which was initially recorded in north China in…
ASSORTATIVE MATING
a type of mating behavior in which mates are chosen based on specific traits (e.g., attractiveness, similarity of body size…
ATTENTIONAL CAPTURE
the unintentional focusing of attention, for example by a change in a stimulus, which interrupts other processing - for example,…
AUDIOVISUAL TRAINING
instruction or training using audio aids, visual aids, or both. Examples of such include films, slides, filmstrips, videotapes, audiotapes, television,…
AUTONOMOUS SYNTAX
the theory that syntax is a unique component of language that operates completely independently of meaning (semantics) and function (pragmatics).…
AXON TERMINAL
refers to the end of an axon or an axon branch, which forms a synapse on a neuron or other…