Neurology

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GESTALT PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION

Principles of perception that are derived by Gestalt psychologists that describe the tendency to perceive and interpret certain configurations at

GLUCURONIDATION

Name of the metabolic process where drugs and other substances are combined with glucuronic acid to form more water soluble

GRAPHOLOGY

the term used to describe the analysis of a person's handwriting as a means of inferring stable personality characteristics or

GROUP TEST

the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.

INTEREST

This term describes the attitude characterised by a need to give selective attention to something that is significant to a

INTERPOSITION

the term for the monocular depth cue when 2 objects are in the one line of vision and the close

INTRACRANIAL SELF-STIMULATION

Brain region and the stimulation by electrodes that are implanted and the individual controls them when they are stimulated. In

INTUITION

Perception or immediate insight as contrasted with conscious reflection or reasoning. Intuitions have been characterized as quasi-mystical alternatively experiences and

ITEM DIFFICULTY

item difficulty in a test determined by the proportion of individuals who correctly respond to the item in particular.

JONAH COMPLEX

inhibition of becoming entirely self-actualized for fear of facing new challenges and situations.

KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)

It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range

LANGUAGE CONTACT

The sociolinguistic situation in which two or more language communities come into contact for reasons of commerce or politics .

EXTRACEPTION

was first defined by U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray (1893 - 1988) as an attitude of skepticism towards a specific

F RATIO

which has an assigned symbol of F is used in multivariate analysis of variance looking at the ration of explained

FACTOR LOADING

is a term used primarily within the process of factor analysis; it is the correlational relationship between the manifest and

FALSE DEMENTIA

is a medical phenomena when the condition actually mimics the symptoms of dementia but is in actual fact a simple

FANATICISM

is observed across modern society and the global stage as an excessive and usually irrational zeal or devotion towards a

FELT NEED

need that is experienced consciously that may relate to a sense of deprivation or a discrepancy with the affective ideal.

FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT

the term that describes the Gestalt perceptual phenomenon where a shift of vision from the first figure superimposes its image

FIXED-INTERVAL SCHEDULE (FI SCHEDULE)

schedule of reinforcement that was known as periodic reinforcement where the first response after an interval will be reinforced. It