UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS US)
a stimulant which induces an unconditioned reaction, as in withdrawal from a hot stovetop, contracting of the pupil upon exposure…
VERBAL PARAPHASIA
a type of paraphasia marked by the including of words and sentences that aren't appropriate in someone's speech.
VISUAL ACUITY
the level of clarity, or acuteness, of visual perception. It might be gauged in many manners, by testing one
VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING
motions wherein simultaneous visual data is utilized to find a target and veer away from obstacles. Visually guided reaching is…
VON RESTORFF EFFECT
a memory-procedure theory postulating that an object which is different from others within a sequence will be recalled more than…
WILKS'S LAMBDA
a statistic based upon the difference in mean vectors across K samples utilized to test hypotheses about group mean vector…
XENOPHOBIA
noun. 1. a pathological phobia of strangers. 2. hostile outlooks or violent actions toward individuals of other nationalities, ethnic groups,…
TENSION REDUCTION
relief of emotions of tension. A multitude of methods might be utilized for this reason.
THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES
a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity…
TOOL OF INTELLECTUAL ADAPTATION
a technique of thinking, learning, or recalling of a problem-solving method which kids internalize from their interplay with more competent…
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…