ANECDOTAL RECORD
a factual written record of a person's conduct, based on succinct, spontaneous, and descriptive observations made by an onlooker. This…
ANTHROPOMORPHISM
n. the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman entities for example, animals, deities, plants, and objects. Although this cannot be…
APRACTAGNOSIA
refers to an impaired ability to organize, remember, and/or perform a sequence of movements or skilled motor activities. May also…
ARTICULATORY SUPPRESSION
a method requiring the participant to perform a distracting verbal task, such as counting or naming, during the retention period…
ASSOCIATION CORTEX
one of many areas of the cerebral cortex that are not principally involved in sensory or motor representations. However, these…
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
a cue that aids in the accurate perception of depth and distance. Atmospheric perspective is the acquired or learned ability…
ATTRACTION-SELECTION-ATTRITION MODEL (ASA MODEL)
in industrial and organizational psychology, a model proposing that (a) people are attracted to organizations that hold values that are…
AUDITORY MEMORY
the type of memory that retains information obtained by hearing and the ears. Auditory memory may represent either short-term memory…
AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE
uncritical, unwavering or mechanical compliance with the requests, suggestions, or commands of other individuals. See also command automatism.
AVERSIVE CONDITIONING
the process by which an unwanted behavior is paired with a noxious or unpleasant stimulus, with the intention to reduce…
BAIT SHYNESS
refers to animals avoiding foods that have previously been associated with gastric distress or other adverse effects. This learned avoidance…
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…
BODY IMAGE
n. a mental picture which one forms of the body as a whole. This covers both the physical characteristics and…
BRAIN WAVES
n. a pattern of rhythmic electrical impulses detected in various areas of the brain. Recorded on EEG, they reveal changes…