VEGETATIVE SOUL
with regard to the ideas of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, the form of soul possessed by plants.
VISUAL IMAGERY
cognitive imagery which consists of the sense of having "images" in the mind. These pictures might be memories of formative…
VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT
the extent to which a person excels in selecting the type of profession or job best suited to their abilities,…
WEAR-AND-TEAR THEORY OF AGING
a theory of biological aging proposing that aging stems from a build-up of trauma to cells, tissues, and organs inside…
WORD APPROXIMATION
a speech disruption wherein traditional words are utilized in untraditional or improper manners as in metonymy, or new but comprehensible…
TEMPLATE-MATCHING THEORY
the hypothesis postulating that pattern recognition progresses by comparing an input sensory arousal pattern to cognitive pictures or symbolizations of…
TERRITORIALITY
noun. 1. an animal's defending of a particular geographic region from intrusion by other members of the identical species.
THEORETICAL INTEGRATION
the integration of theoretical ideas from various approaches to generate meaningful contexts which might assist in explaining the dynamics or…
THORNDIKE-LORGE LIST
an formative and influential list of word frequencies within the English language, comprised in 1944. There have been a multitude…
TIMELESS MOMENT
1. the infinitely minute dimension of the current instant as conceptualized by classical linear time. 2. an experience wherein one's…
TRACE CONDITIONING
a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein an unconditioned stimulant and a conditioned stimulant are divided by a persistent interval, with…
TRANSIENT SITUATIONAL DISTURBANCE
a DSM-II classification for disruptions which, in the DSM-IV-TR, are categorized as adjustment disorders.
TREND ANALYSIS
any of many analytic methods modeled to reveal step-by-step alterations in a group of variants, like gradual linear development or…
UNILATERAL LESION
a lesion on one lobe or side of an organ or body part. A unilateral cerebral lesion consists of one…
VALENCE-INSTRUMENTALITY-EXPECTANCY THEORY
a theory of work motivation positing that the degree of effort put out by workers will rely on a mixture…
VESTED INTEREST
the degree to which an outlook item is viewed as being associated with an individual's material self-interest. It is presumed…