AHA EXPERIENCE
1. the emotional response which generally takes place whenever someone unexpectedly realizes or fully comprehends something which baffled them before.…
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
the study and documentation of many aspects of non-human animal behaviors. Typically, includes ethology, behavioral ecology, and comparative psychology. May…
ANTICIPATION
n. the imagining of a future event, which sometimes creates an affective response (a court date - anxiety, a party…
ASSOCIATIONISM
n. the theory that complex mental processes, such as thinking, learning, and memory, can be mainly explained by the associative…
ATTACHMENT
the tendency of human infants and animals to become emotionally close to certain individuals and to be calm and soothed…
ATTRIBUTION THEORY OF LEADERSHIP
a model of leadership that assumes that individuals make inferences about leadership ability by observing and interpreting different types of…
AUTOMATICITY
a process that can be carried out rapidly and without effort or intention (an automatic process). This often occurs when…
AVERSIVE RACISM
refers to a form of prejudice felt by individuals who endorse egalitarian attitudes and values but experience negative emotions in…
BALANCE THEORY
refers to the theory that people tend to prefer elements held in thoughts to be congruent with their behaviors (i.e.,…
BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM (BIS)
n. the other of two motivational systems which govern human and animal behavior. The system activates an avoidance behavior as…
BETWEEN-GROUPS VARIANCE
n. in statistics, refers to the analysis of variance between two groups simultaneously undergoing testing. The variation shown in experimental…
BIOINFORMATIONAL THEORY
n. a theory which explains why, in the process of imagery, a person should focus on making the image more…