Neurology

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INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS

Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high

JEHOVAH COMPLEX

Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God

K COMPLEX

a brief characteristic of electrical activity recorded from the brain during the early stages of sleep. It may also be

KOHS BLOCK DESIGN TEST

Although still available as a separate stand alone instrument, the has been adapted for use as a component of various

LATENT INHIBITION

The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

TENDER-MINDEDNESS

noun. a character trait marked by intellectualism, idealism, optimism, dogmatism, religiousness, and monism.

TESTING THE LIMITS

1. a technique utilized to analyze adult age variances in mentality wherein research participants are required to perform a job

THEORY X AND Y

two different forms of managerial philosophy: Theory X employers presume that employees are passive, lazy, and driven only by financial

THREE-STRATUM MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE

a psychometric design of intelligence based upon a factorial reanalysis of many information sets available within the literature. It is

-TOMY (-OTOMY)

suffix: surgical cutting.

TRANSCENDENCE

noun. With regard to metaphysics and within the analysis of awareness, a state of presence or interpretation which goes beyond

TRANSPLANTATION

noun. 1. the surgical implanting of an organ or tissue from one portion of the body to another or from

TROILISM

carnal activity where three people are engaged. A troilist is an individual who, in such a union, likes being involved

UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UCR UR)

the unlearned reaction to a stimulant: any initial reaction which takes place organically and in the absence of conditioning. The

UROLAGNIA

noun. carnal interest centered upon urine and urination. This might consist of observing others while they urinate, being urinated on

VARIANT

noun. With regard to a set of items or occurrences, one which varies from the others in some manner while

VERBAL MEMORY

the ability to recall something penned or spoken which was already learned.

VISION

noun. 1. the sense of sight, wherein the eye is the receiver and the stimulant is expressive with much energy

VISUALIZATION

noun. 1. the procedure of making a visual picture in one

VON DOMARUS PRINCIPLE

an explanation of schizophrenic thinking based upon the idea that the person interprets two things as exactly alike only because