ACADEMIC INTELLIGENCE
cognitive abilities that are regarded as being highly imperative to achieve academic success.
ACTION ORIENTATION
a style of replying to challenges or disputes that is classified by fast, definitive procedure instead of by extended examination…
AFFIRMING THE ANTECEDENT
with regard to sensible reasoning, the doctrine embodying the idea that a situational remark that insinuates such an occurrence as…
ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR
behavior carried out for the advantage of other people. Selfless behavior consists of a variety of approaches, such as expression…
ANACLITIC DEPRESSION
1. a kind of reactive depression discovered in newborns who are suddenly removed from interaction with their biological mothers or…
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
a collection of cognitive abilities in animals that are typified by learning, problem solving, and higher-order cognition. Current researchers tend…
ANTICIPATION LEARNING METHOD
a learning technique that teaches the associations between subsequent words on a list. The first word is the stimulus that…
APTITUDE TEST
an overall assessment instrument or test designed to measure (a) concrete abilities such as dexterity, visual acuity, and clerical performance-…
ARTIFACT IN RESEARCH
an extraneous and unintended factor affecting the results of research, especially one associated with the researcher (e.g., expectations, personality) or…
ASSOCIATIONISTIC THEORY OF LEARNING
one of various theories that describes learning as occurring through a process of forming associations among items. These items may…
ATTENDANT CARE
1. nonmedical, in-home personal care provided to individuals with a physical or mental disability. Typically, these people can live independently…
AUDITORY SKILLS
any or all skills related to hearing, including: auditory discrimination, auditory attention, and auditory memory. Also known as auditory processes-…
AUTOMATION
n. the state or condition in which activities are carried out automatically, especially by electronically controlled systems. This behavior is…
AVERSIVE STIMULUS
refers to any stimulus or occurrence that evokes avoidance behavior or escape behavior in an individual. Also known as an…
BALANCED BILINGUAL
refers to a person who has proficiency in two languages to the extent that his or her skills for each…