COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
noun. The therapy professional's unaware responses to the client and to the client's transference. These ideas and emotions are based…
CRITERION VALIDITY
a record of how well an exam relates to data set upon which others can be compared. This data set…
CUED RECALL
an experimental memory process wherein an object that is to be recalled is displayed for examination in addition to a…
ACCENTUATION THEORY
Henri Tajfel's concept that points out a tendency to over-emphasize the differences between things belonging to different categories, and likewise,…
ACTION READINESS
a condition of readiness for action that is induced as a component of an emotional reaction and connected with such…
AD HOC CATEGORY
a classification created to satisfy a particular qualification or need, typically in the second it is required. For instance, one…
AFTERIMAGE
noun. The visual which stays present even after a stimulant ceases or is taken away. A positive doesn't happen very…
ALGOPSYCHALIA
noun. tangible aches acknowledged by the complainant as existing in a cognitive or emotional capacity rather than being of physical…
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
introduced by a German psychologist, Alois Alzheimer, an advanced illness of the brain stemming from large amounts of destruction of…
ANAL PERSONALITY
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a trend of character traits thought to result from the anal stage of psychosexual developing,…
ANTICIPATORY MOVEMENT
an instinctive movement based on (a) predicted changes in the environment (e.g., predictive smooth eye or hand movements to track…
APPARENT MOVEMENT
an illusion of motion or change of size that is cued by visual tricks. For example, a person sitting in…
APTITUDE-TREATMENT INTERACTION
a hypothesis that certain patterns of aptitudes respond better to certain sets of treatments. For example, people with higher spatial…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
a sub discipline of computer science that aims to produce programs and articles that simulate human intelligence. AI researchers often…
ASSOCIATIVE CLUSTERING
the tendency for items with preexisting associations in memory to be recalled together during the verbal recall of a word…