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…
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
a cue that aids in the accurate perception of depth and distance. Atmospheric perspective is the acquired or learned ability…
ATTRACTION-SELECTION-ATTRITION MODEL (ASA MODEL)
in industrial and organizational psychology, a model proposing that (a) people are attracted to organizations that hold values that are…
AUDITORY MEMORY
the type of memory that retains information obtained by hearing and the ears. Auditory memory may represent either short-term memory…
AUTOMATIC OBEDIENCE
uncritical, unwavering or mechanical compliance with the requests, suggestions, or commands of other individuals. See also command automatism.
AVERSIVE CONDITIONING
the process by which an unwanted behavior is paired with a noxious or unpleasant stimulus, with the intention to reduce…
BAIT SHYNESS
refers to animals avoiding foods that have previously been associated with gastric distress or other adverse effects. This learned avoidance…
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI)
n.a measure of depression in individuals aged 13 years and above. Administered by a clinician, the test consists of 21…
BEHAVIORAL HOMEOSTASIS
n. the tendency of an organism to apply mechanisms of behavior in order to restore stability and maintain equilibrium. These…