NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
one of the biggest of the septal nuclei, that is given dopaminergic innervation from the ventral tegmental region. Dopamine emitted…
OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…
OPTICAL ILLUSION
an unauthentic visual picture generated by either physical or psychological aspects.
ORGANICITY TEST
an obsolete term for a mental or behavioral examination which has been proven to be differentially sensitive to the impacts…
ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE
the hypothesis postulating that growth of all facets of operating moves along from absence of differentiation to escalating differentiation, annunciation,…
OVERIDENTIFICATION
noun. with regard to the general linear model, the existence of more parameters than are required to dictate the model…
PARADIGM SHIFT
with regard to the influential 1962 analysis of scientific revolutions, an extremely significant and quite swift alteration in the entire…
PARTIAL INSANITY
a borderline state wherein cognitive handicap exists but isn't serious enough to render the person totally excused of their criminal…
PERCEPTION
noun. the procedure or outcome of becoming conscious of items, unions, and events by way of the senses, that comprises…
PERFORMANCE GOAL
1. with regard to the motivational theory of American personality psychologist Carol Dweck, the objective of showing other people who…
PERSONALISTIC APPROACH
a stance regarding history positing that imperative occurrences and achievements result primarily from the behaviors of key people. It contrasts…
PETTING BEHAVIOR
carnal activity which might not progress to orgasm or might be foreplay participated in before orgasm. Petting behavior might consist…
PHONOLOGICAL LOOP
an element of working memory or short-term memory which stores verbal data by rehearsal over brief intervals of time.
PILOT TESTING
the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.
DEEP STRUCTURE
Anatomy. Any organ that is beneath the surface layers of the body. 2. Transformational generative grammar. Abstract base form of…
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
An empirical investigation to test a hypothesis or to look at conditions, relationships.
DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
1. theory based on the continuity of human development. 2. The idea that mental retardation is due to slower than…