Neurology

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GESTALT

the entire perceptual configuration made up of elements that are integrated and interactive as to confer properties on the entire

GLUCOSE

Name of a soluble sugar that is abundant in nature and is a major energy source for body tissues. Brain

GRADIENT OF TEXTURE

the term that applies to the progressively finer appearance of textures and surface grains of objects as the viewer moves

GROUP SOCIALIZATION THEORY

Theory of development of personality where children are socialised by peers and influence from adults filters down to the peer

INTERDEPENDENT SELF-CONSTRUAL

View of the self that emphasises a person's embeddedness in a network of social relationships and downplays their unique traits

INTERPERSONAL DISTANCE

The distance that people choose to keep between themselves and other people. The distance is smaller for friends and relatives

INTERVIEWER EFFECTS

An interviewers attributes and the influence and behaviours on the answers of a respondant. The appearance, demeanor, training, age, sex

INTRUJECTIVE DEPRESSION

Individuals who are depressed and have angry and punitive feelings toward themselves. Compare anaclitic depression

ISOTRETINOIN

an analog of vitamin A used for fighting acne, which is resistant to other therapies. Controversially the use of isotretinoin

JOHN HENRY EFFECT

an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.

KINESTHETIC RECEPTOR

Found in muscles, tendons and joints and any of the sensory receptors that monitor the position and movement of muscles

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

The term is preferred by those who emphasize the active role of the child as a learner with considerable innate

EYEWITNESS MEMORY

refers to an individual's unique recollection of a specific event or occurance from memory, typically associated with criminal events, such

FACT RETRIEVAL

is a process through which the majority (if not all individuals) will under-take during their lifetime being the process of

FALSE BELIEF

has a wide range of potential definitions mostly dependent on the application to real-life, for example, in an psychological application,

FAMILY THERAPY

involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,

FEELING

1. The self contained experience of phenomena. The feelings are subjective and are independent of the sensory modality. 2. Any

FIELD RESEARCH

the term that is used to describe any research that is undertaken outside a laboratory and in a natural, social

FITTS LAW

a principle of motor control where activities done quicker can be less accurate than those activities done slower. It is

FOCAL ATTENTION

name given to the attention we focus on a certain stimuli while disregarding the rest. Information in our attention span