BIMANUAL COORDINATION
n. the coordination observed between the movements of the left and right hand. Bimanual tasks are believed to be influenced…
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
n. any condition that puts pressure and makes demands on both the physical and psychological defense system of a living…
BLESSED DEMENTIA SCALE (BDS)
n. a mental and behavioral rating scale (with subscales) used to assess the progress and severity of dementia. The scale…
BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING
n. information processing which starts with the initial data before it proceeds to higher-level processes. When the first stage is…
BROCA'S APHASIA
n. a condition in which there is loss of the ability to produce language in either speech or writing. It…
CAPACITY SHARING
n. a method of enhancing individual performance through the division of attention and its resources between and among different tasks.…
CATEGORICAL THOUGHT
n. a form of abstract thinking which involves more of the use of philosophical concepts and generalized classifications. This is…
CELL MIGRATION
n. a process central to the development of multicellular structures. It involves the movement of cells from their site of…
CONCEPTUAL MODEL
1. a plot or drawing employed to symbolize the correlations between two things and their traits in a visual way.…
CONDITIONAL STRATEGY
the capacity of living beings to produce varying behavioral techniques adequate enough for present frameworks and circumstances.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
the lessening of conflict and tension between people or teams, generally via the utilization of active methods, like negotiating or…
CONNECTIONISM
postulated by Edward I. Thorndike, the idea that learning consists of the obtaining of unbiased correlations between reaction and stimulant.
CONSTANT ERROR
a step-by-step prejudice or mistake in a specific way. With regard to motor management and psychophysics, constant error is obvious…
CONTAMINATION
noun. 1. the analysis and trial and error processes of allowing information, anticipations, or other elements concerning a variable under…
CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT (CRF)
in operant and instrumental conditioning, the strengthener of each reaction.
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
with regard to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the moderately advanced degree of moral reasoning, marked by someone's alignment with…
CORPUS CALLOSUM
an immense pathway of nerve fibers traveling over the longitudinal fissure of the brain and linking the cerebral hemispheres. It…
CORTICOSTEROID
noun. Just about any of the steroid chemicals generated by the adrenal cortex. Commonly referred to as adrenocorticoid or adrenosteroid.
COVERT DESENSITIZATION
a type of desensitization therapy wherein a person is assisted in mastering a worry or fear by learning to be…
CRONBACH'S ALPHA
a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.…