WELL-BEING
noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and…
WORD-SUPERIORITY EFFECT (WSE)
the discovery which, when presented for a short period of time, one letter is more easily recognized within the context…
TEMPORAL LOBE
one of the four primary lobes of each of the brain's cerebral hemispheres, residing just beneath the lateral sulcus on…
TEST CONSTRUCTION
the cultivation of a test, generally with a concise or obvious goal to meet the typical standards of validity, dependability,…
THEORY OF PERSONAL INVESTMENT
a motivational theory postulating that the level to which a person will invest personal resources of effort and time for…
THOUGHT WITHDRAWAL
the delusion that one's thoughts are being taken out of from one's mind by other individuals or forces exterior to…
TRAINING VALIDITY
the achievements of a training program as judged by the actions of trainees on standards which shape a portion of…
TRANSITIVITY
1. the quality of a union across components that the union transfers among components. For instance, a transitive union would…
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
1. a mental style marked by a propensity to follow what is already acknowledged, considered to be, or believed in.…
UNIVERSALITY
1. the propensity to presume that one's personal traits and personality features, inclusive of outlooks and morals, are shared in…
VANDENBERGH EFFECT
the impacts of chemical correspondence regarding influencing age of pubescence in rodent populaces. Adult males generate a scent which can…
VERBAL COMPREHENSION INDEX
on the Wechsler adult intelligence scale and other Wechsler tests, a subset of verbal examinations considered to gauge verbal knowledge…
VISUAL PROCESSING
the changing and study of visual signals at all degrees of the visual system.
WESTERMARCK EFFECT
the postulation that individuals who are reared nearby or in the same home do not find each other sexually appealing…
TEMPORAL MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (TMTF)
an operative depicting the capacity to adhere to temporal alterations within the magnitude of a stimulant. In psycho- acoustics, a…