GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GEROPSYCHOLOGY
the branch of psychology dealing with the mental health of older adults and the study of the process of aging.…
GRADED POTENTIAL
neural potential not propagated but will decline with distance from a source. Includes receptor potentials, post synaptic potentials, subthreshold potentials.…
GROUP POLARIZATION
Tendency for members of a group discussing an issue to move toward a more extreme version of the positions they…
INFORMATION SEEKER
term that was identified in 1948 by US educational theorist Kenneth D. Benne, 1908-1992 and 20th-century US social psychologist Paul…
INTEROCULAR TRANSFER
The ability of an after effect to be produced by stimulation from one eye but is experienced by looking through…
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in
INTROVERSION-EXTRAVERSION
Self orientation from introversion the range or continuum characterised by inward and concerns self directed and behaviours to extraversion, characterised…
JOHARI WINDOW
a model defining the extent of open communication between people. It is an imaginary window with four panes that each…
KINESTHETIC IMAGERY
Dynamic is the cognitive creation of the feeling of movements while physically moving, like a figure skater may imagine the…
LANDAU REFLEX
Absence of the reflex is a sign of a neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy or motor neurons disease. When…
EYE-VOICE SPAN
is similar to reading span, in that the eye-voice span, when reading aloud, is the physical distance (relative to a…
FACT MEMORY
is considered the binary opposite to source memory, where it is memory for a specific fact (see facual knowledge for…
FALSE AUTHORITY
is one of the assumptive techniques, typically found in business, where an expert in one area of society is assumed…
FAMILY ROMANCE
is according to Sigmund Freud the result of an over or under developed oedipus complex where the child believes they…
FEEDBACK LOOP
In cybernetic theory, this is a self-regulatory model that determines whether the current operation of a system is acceptable and,…
FIELD NOTES
These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They…