Neurology

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GENERAL ABILITY TESTS

These tests are designed to measure the general factor of intelligence. They usually require, among other things, understanding and applying

GENERATION EFFECT

effect that memory for items to be remembered in an experiment is enhanced if the participants help to generate the

GENITALITY

the term that is used for the capacity of a person to experience erotic sensation in the genital organs, starting

GIFTEDNESS

the state of a person who has a large amount of natural ability or talent in something that is seen

GOAL ORIENTATION

1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending

GRIEF

The anguish that a person will experience after a significant loss like the death of a beloved person. Distinguished from

GUIDED PARTICIPATION

Process where the influence of social partners and social cultural practices combine to give support and direction to children and

INTERITEM RELIABILITY

the internal consistency reliability. Indexed 2 ways. 1. Average intercorrelation of objects with each other. 2. Reliability of the mean

INTERSCORER RELIABILITY

Consistency reliability which is internal and among individuals of two or more and the scoring responses of examinees. See also

INTRAPSYCHIC

Ideas, conflicts, pertaining to impulses or other phenomena that is psychological and arises or occurs within the mind or psyche

INVENTORY

In form of a question, it describes a behaviour and the studying or it, interests and attitudes, it is a

JAPANESE MANAGEMENT

management style in Japan in the 1980s stressing continuous improvement in quality, cnsensus decision making and acute inventory systems

JUST-WORLD PHENOMENON

To believe that events proceed rationally and not by chance, such an attitude may result in the belief that the

KOHLBERG'S THEORY

Broadly speaking the morally developed individual moves from a selfish concern with rewards and punishment through a reliance on fixed

LATENCY OF RESPONSE

The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common

EXTRAVERSION (EXTROVERSION)

is supposedly observed in those with external loci of identities, where the orientation of their energies and interests are focussed

FACE-ISM

is considered a form of sexism in that in the advertising business, men are supposedly portrayed using their faces implying

FACTOR THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE

is one of the many theories which argue the existance of various factors which affect an individual's intelligence. These factors

FALSE-ALARM RATE

is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within

FATE NEUROSIS

with respect to psychoanalytic theory, fate neurosis is a compulsive and unconscious need to arrange life events in a specific