Neurology

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GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE

This the name for the verbal and non-verbal intelligence as measured by the verbal and performance subtests in various Wechsler

GOODNESS OF FIT

the name that is given to the index that reflects the degree to which values predicted by a model agree

GROUP IDENTIFICATION

1. Process of identifying with a group that a person imitates its features and objectives. Enhances group pride but reduces

IN VIVO

1. The conditions and biological processes occurring in an organism. Compare in vitro. 2. the condition or process approximating a

INTERNAL WORKING MODEL OF ATTACHMENT

The cognitive construction about workings of a relationship like expectations of support and affection. Early relationships can be a template

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

1. A philosophical view to all public events are objective and are shared experiences that are subjective. 2. communication that

INTROJECTION

1. A theory in psychoanalytic and is the process of internalizing an external object and the qualities into the psyche

INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION

A depressive episode that occurs during late middle age or menopause and a largely obsolete name for it

JOB DIMENSIONS

1. the overall categories that define the nature of a given job like clerical or receptionist duties. 2. main competence

KINDLING

The appearance of electro-graphic and fully generalized behavioural convulsions. It is phenomenon in which brain function is altered as a

LABELED-LINE THEORY OF TASTE CODING

The taste is perceived exclusively as a product of activity in that labelled line activity in neurons outside the labelled

LAW OF CONTRAST

The principle based on the assumption that individuals base their behavior on comparison of opposites not with sameness.

EXTRINSIC RELIGION

is the binary opposite of intrinsic religion. Extrinsic religion primarily concerns itself with the social and moral obligations to those

FACIAL EXPRESSION

was first theorized and discussed by the British biologist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) as a form of communication between

FACTORIAL INVARIANCE

is a theory which implies all variables (not only certain variables in a select group) remain identical during the processes

FALSIFICATIONISM

was first proposed by Austrian-born British philosopher Karl Popper (1902 - 1994) postulating that only through falisification can a concept

FEATURE ABSTRACTION

Hypothetical process where a person learns from experience with the exemplars of different categories where features are used to describe

FIDELITY

1. the faithfulness of one person to another, a group or a belief. 2. The degree of accuracy of a

FIRST-ORDER FACTOR

Used in factor analysis. Any factors that are derived from the correlation among the manifest variables, as opposed to second-

FLOW PATTERN

a term that is used to describe the aggregate movement of the elements that are in a visual scene as