ANOSOGNOSIA
n. the failure to acknowledge (or the complete denial of) a disorder or defect - for example, visual, speech, or…
ANXIOUS-AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENT STYLE
an interpersonal or relational style characterized by hesitancy in forming deeply committed relationships in case the partner leaves or abandons…
APPLIED RESEARCH
research aimed toward answering a practical question, for example, a clinical question, rather than developing a theory or obtaining knowledge…
ATTENTIONAL NARROWING
the restricting of attention in high-stress situations to a small set of critical displays. If critical information occurs outside this…
AUDITORY AMNESIA
refers to the permanent loss of the ability to comprehend sounds or speech. See also Wernicke
BASAL MENTAL AGE
n. level of mental age at which all items in a standardized intelligence test can be passed. Specifically, it applies…
BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST
n. in research, refers to a phenomenon which illustrates the possible consequences of reinforcement. In positive contrast, the response increases…
BELIEF-DESIRE REASONING
n. the process wherein a person tends to predict and explain someone else's behavior based on how the former understands…
BIOCHEMICAL APPROACH
n. an approach to the study of behavior patterns and mental disorders as viewed from the biochemical changes which occur…
BIOLOGICALLY SECONDARY ABILITY
n. a specialized form of ability which develops from a primary one. Since it involves mastery of the skill, it…
BLOCH'S LAW
n. in vision, refers to the temporal law of summation which describes how the duration of time must be doubled…
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
n. a concept about decision-making in which human rationality is constrained by the amount of information they have access to,…
CAREER PATTERN THEORY
n. any of the many theories which attempt to enumerate and describe the stages people go through in developing their…