Neurology

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GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)

Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…

INTERMODAL MATCHING

the name for the ability to recognise an object initially inspected with one modality or sense like touch and via…

INTERSEGMENTAL ARC REFLEX

Fibers of sensory neurons or interneurons that are formed and travel from one spinal segment to another and use motor…

INTRAROLE CONFLICT

Incompatibility caused by conflict among behaviours and expectations associated with a single role. The inherent complexity may result in inconsistencies…

INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS

Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…

JEHOVAH COMPLEX

Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God

K COMPLEX

a brief characteristic of electrical activity recorded from the brain during the early stages of sleep. It may also be…

KOHS BLOCK DESIGN TEST

Although still available as a separate stand alone instrument, the has been adapted for use as a component of various…

LATENT INHIBITION

The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

is an umbrella term used to describe any environment (a habitat or place) which can affect the species living there…

FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION

is a type of social interaction occuring between two people where they will converse or exchange knowledge, an example of…

FACTOR THEORY OF PERSONALITY

is one of the five models apart of the Big Five Model of Personality. The factor theory of personality is…

FALSE-BELIEF TASK

are typically associated with theory-of-mind studies where they are tasks during which children must infer that another understand or possess…

FATHER FIXATION

has been observed in a range of cultures, typically these are in western cultures, a father fixation implies an incredibly…

FESTINGER, LEON

This man was hired as a statistician for World War II and was involved in the training and selection of…

FINGER LOCALIZATION TEST

the name of a 60 item test of neurophysiology in 3 parts. A finger is touched and identified, then the…

FLAVOR

the sensation that is produced by a combination of aroma, taste, texture, and temperature and involving olfactory, gustatory, and tactile…

FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING

1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…

FORMAL DISCIPLINE

the term that is applied to the concept that some subjects, like mathematics and foreign languages need to be studied…

FRAME-OF-ORIENTATION NEED

the need of a person to develop and synthesise their major assumptions and ideas into a coherent view of the…