ANNULOSPIRAL ENDING
a specific type of nerve fiber ending whereby the fiber is wrapped around muscle fiber near the center of the…
APPERCEPTION
n. 1. the process of perceiving something consciously and mindfully. 2. the mental process bv which a perception or an…
ARBITRARY SYMBOL
a linguistic sign, for example, a verbally spoken word, that bears no obvious resemblance to the thing or concept signified.…
ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY
1. a memory of a past event or place that may occur by recalling something associated with it. 2. retrieval…
ATTENTION DECREMENT
the tendency for items or events that receive less attention to be remembered more poorly than those that receive more…
ATYPICAL PSYCHOSIS
in the DSM-lll, this represented a category of psychotic disorders. In the DSM-IV-TR these are labeled as psychotic disorders not…
AUGMENTATION
n. 1. an increase in the amplitude of the average number of evoked responses, either above background noise in the…
AUTONOMIC LEARNING
a type of learning whereby the goal is to change actions in the autonomic nervous system - such as heart…
AVOIDANCE-AVOIDANCE CONFLICT
refers to a specific conflict situation where there are two equally objectionable alternatives. For example, this type of conflict occurs…
BEHAVIOR HIERARCHY
n. in the study of of behavior, refers to a ranking of possible behavioral responses based on the relative probablity…
BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCE
n. a number or combination of behavioral incidents which are geared towards a specific purpose or outcome. Thus, much of…
BILATERAL TRANSFER
n. a transfer of skills learned from one side of the body to the other. Although the skill was originally…
BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE
n. the kind of intelligence which is presumed to be of biological origin. It refers to that level of mental…
BIZARRE BEHAVIOR
adj. a general term for behavior that is out of the ordinary or far from normal. Markedly unusual and unexpected…
BOOMERANG EFFECT
n. in social psychology, refers to a persuasive form of communication sent to a receiver, yet returned back with the…
BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY
n. a condition of maintaining perceptual constancy in viewing familiar objects. Thus, anything familiar to the eye (like a blank…
CANONICAL CORRELATION
in statistics, refers to the correlation which exists between variables as expressed in a linear combination. In multiple correlation, it…