TRANSDUCTION
noun. the procedure wherein one type of energy is transformed into another type, particularly sensory transduction: the conversion of the…
TRAPEZOID BODY
a group of transverse nerve fibers inside the pons transporting afferent fibers from the cochlear nuclei to the superior olivary…
TRUE EXPERIMENT
an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.
UNCONSCIOUS INFERENCE THEORY
the hypothesis positing that how one views or comprehends something is indirectly impacted by inferences about present sensory input which…
UTILITARIANISM
an ethical theory based upon the premise that the good is to be explained as that which brings the most…
VARIED MAPPING
during a search task, a condition wherein target and distractor stimulus alter roles at random during the course of an…
VERBALIZATION
noun. 1. the showing of thoughts, emotions, and fallacies through words. Verbalization is a typical facet of the majority of…
VISUAL ADAPTATION
the alterations which happen inside the visual system itself or in visual comprehension as an outcome of persistent arousal, the…
VISUAL-PLACING REFLEX
the reflex action of animals in positioning their legs upon an exterior they can see. Animals which have underwent surgical…
VULNERABILITY
susceptibility to cultivating a disorder, condition, or illness whenever exposed to particular substances or conditions.
WITHERSPOON EXCLUDABLES
prospective jurors who are so against the death penalty that they're not willing to consider it as an choice for…
YERKES-DODSON LAW
a law postulating that the association between drive and action can be signified by an inverted U-curve .
TOP-DOWN PROCESSING
data processing which progresses from a hypothesis about what a stimulant may be to a judgment about whether the hypothesis…
TRANSFER-APPROPRIATE PROCESSING
a concept of cognitive processing based upon the idea that memory performance is best whenever an individual processes material during…
TUNING CURVE
a graph of neuronal reaction as an operation of a ongoing stimulant attribute, like wavelength,, orientation, or frequency. A neuron…