ABSTRACT REPRESENTATION
in regards to cognitive theory, a reasonable way of thinking about an agent in an abstract way that is not…
ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION
Henry Alexander Murray's proposal of the desire to conquer hurdles in addition to mastering challenging troubles. Those with higher scores…
ACTIVE LISTENING
a psychotherapeutic approach that occurs when the professional listens to a patient meticulously and diligently, inquiring as required, in an…
ADDITIVE EFFECT
with regard to statistics, the impact that the combined influence of two features is the summarization of their individual impacts,…
AGGRESSION
noun. when one's actions are influenced by feelings of competition, rage, or violence, thereby producing injury to, or the deterioration…
ALPHA WAVE
with regard to electroencephalography, a kind of low-magnitude neurological wave (with a range of 8-12 Hz) frequently documented from the…
AMINE HORMONE
virtually any of a category of specific substance compounds that house a sole amino acid that has been changed into…
ANCHORING BIAS
the propensity, in establishing impressions or providing quantitative assessments of a being under circumstances of doubt, to pass on tremendous…
ANTECEDENT
1. an event preceding or occasioning another event - setting the stage for a particular response. 2. In linguistics, the…
APATHETIC HYPERTHYROIDISM
a condition commonly associated with thyrotoxicosis. In contrast to other hyper-thyroid conditions, this condition is usually characterized by lethargy or…
AROUSAL SYSTEM
a diffuse system of nerve cells that controls arousal by activating both the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous…
ASYNCHRONY
n. refers to a lack of temporal correspondence in the development of different processes. For example, there is a time…
ATTENUATION
1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication…
AUDITORY CLOSURE
the ability to fill in parts of words that were omitted in an auditory presentation - this usually occurs in…
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
1. one type of episodic memory comprising of vivid memories including the time and place of events. 2. May also…
AUTOSHAPING
n. a method of shaping a behavior using rewards only elicited by responses. It is most commonly used with pigeons…
BABKIN REFLEX
refers to an innate neonatal reflex whereby infants open their mouths and twist their heads in response to pressure placed…