CYBERNETIC EPISTEMOLOGY
an analysis that confronts the philosophical problems of epistemology in regard to computation, frequently by implementing computational knowledge representation and…
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
accomplishment and achievement of education through higher learning principles
ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM
a relentless attitudinal trend that permits people to rise to the challenges like can present.
AFFERENT PATHWAY
a sensory pathway that conducts impulses from a sense organ toward the brain or spinal cord or from one brain…
ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (ASC)
a condition of emotional or mental operating that is considerably unique from traditional conditions of awareness, those being marked by…
AMPHETAMINES
a team of drugs that encourage the reticular development in the human brain and result in a distribution of stored…
ANECDOTAL METHOD
a research method based on personal recollections of a case, as opposed to specific, empirically derived investigation. Can provide ideas…
ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
loss of memory for events that occur after the onset of amnesia. Also involves a lack of new learning post-amnesia.…
APPROPRIATE DEATH
the death a person would choose if given the opportunity - which is heavily influenced by perception. The concept draws…
ARTICULATION
1. the process of producing and using the speech sounds required for intelligible and meaningful speech. Articulation is a complex…
ASSIMILATION
n. 1. in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the process of incorporating new information into pre-existing cognitive schemas. See…
ATHLETIC COPING SKILLS INVENTORY (ACSI)
a common self-report inventory that is used to assess an individual
ATTITUDE SCALE
a measure or assessment used to assess an attitude - usually for the purpose of comparison.
AUDITORY LOCALIZATION
the ability to identify both the position and changes in position of sound sources based on solely acoustic information. For…
AUTOMATIC DRAWING
the act of drawing images, doodles, or objects while in a hypnotic trance or in a situation in which the…