Neurology

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VERBAL ABILITY (V)

exhibited skill to understand and correspond adequately with words. At times, a differention is made between receptive and productive skills.

VESTIBULAR SYSTEM

a system inside the body which is accountable for preserving posture, equilibrium, and the body's position in space, and plays

VISUAL ORGANIZATION

with regard to Gestalt standards of perception, a visual field which seems to be orderly and significant or connotative.

VOLATILE MARRIAGE

a long-lasting marriage characterized by both ardent arguments and displays of affection, but frequently having more positive than negative interactions.

WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)

a group of memory tests, initially printed in 1945, which evaluates verbal and non-verbal memory in elder adolescents and adults

WORD-ASSOCIATION TEST

a projective examination wherein the involved party reacts to a stimulant term with the initial term which comes to mind.

TEMPORAL CONDITIONING

a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein the unconditioned stimulant is shown at regular intervals, but not being joined by any

TERTIARY PREVENTION

intervention and remediation for people or groups with previously identified psychological or physical conditions, disorders, or sicknesses. Tertiary interventions are

THEORY OF FORMS

Plato's principle postulating that all things have a real lasting presence as concepts or forms separate of one's senses and

THOUGHT BROADCASTING

the delusion in which one's thoughts are being disseminated throughout the surroundings for all to be aware of.

TIME-SERIES DESIGN

an experimental model which consists of the viewing of units over a specified period of time.

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

1. a marriage in accordance with the classical norms of a given culture, generally for the main reason of establishing

TRANSITIONAL PROBABILITY

the likelihood of progressing from one state or condition to another state or condition.

TRIANGULATION

noun. 1. the procedure involved in confirming a hypothesis by gathering proofs from many sources or experiments or utilizing many

UMWELT

With regard to the thought of Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher, the factor of casein which is constituted by someone's

UNIVERSAL

1. With regard to social psychology, reference: psychological universal. 2. With regard to language, reference: language universal.

VALUE JUDGMENT

an evaluation of people, items, or occurrences with regard to the values held by the viewing party instead of with

VERBAL BEHAVIOR

all actions which consist of words, inclusive of talking, listening, reading, and writing. The terminology is utilized by those who

VICARIOUS ENJOYMENT

the satisfaction one gets as an outcome of another's gains or other positive encounters, frequently due to an identification with

VISUAL PERCEPTION

the consciousness of visual feelings which stems from the interaction between the physiology of the visual system and the interior