COUNTERBALANCING
the procedure involved in organizing a sequence of trial and error conditions or remedies in a way that lessens the…
CROSS-VALIDATION
noun. A model-evaluation technique wherein the legitimacy of a design is examined by rendered new information upon it.
CULTURAL SPECIFICITY OF EMOTIONS
the discovery that the facilitators and the displays of feelings vary significantly in individuals of varying cultures and communities.
CYBERNETIC THEORY
founded by American mathematician Norbert Wiener, the analysis of how equipment or machine systems can be ordered to control and…
ACADEMIC APTITUDE
holding enough ingenuity to comprehend a task at hand and carry out a cognitive act. Such abilities may be learned…
ACROTOMOPHILIA
noun. An unhealthy intrigue applying to amputations. Some persons may become sexually excited by amputees.
ADOLESCENCE
the stage of development which begins with the pubescent years around the age of ten and continues up until physical…
AFFILIATIVE NEED
proposed by American psychologist Henry Alexander Murray, the basic human urge to look for collaborative, unthreatening relationships with other people…
AGREEABLENESS
the propensity to behave in a cooperative, not self-serving way, viewed as one aspect of a dimension of singular diversities
ALTERNATE-FORMS RELIABILITY
the dependability of an estimate as gauged from the connection between collimate models of the estimate.
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…