PARTICIPANT
noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter…
PERCEPTUAL CONSTANCY
1. the capacity to preserve a comprehension of the properties of an item, regardless of modifications in the authentic stimulant…
PERIPHERAL CUE
an aspect exterior to the merits of an argument which can be utilized to supply a fairly low-effort premise for…
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
the assessment of aspects like intellect, abilities, interests, capabilities, creative abilities, outlooks, and facets of psychological growth by many methods.…
PITUITARY GLAND
a gland, pea-sized in humans, which is located at the base of the brain, linked by a stalk to the…
DEFICIENCY MOTIVATION
Abraham Maslow's humanistic psychology. The lower 4 levels of hierarchy. Compare metamotivation.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
A leader who establishes and maintains an egalitarian group climate where menbers can make choices, resolve issues and plan activities.
DESIGN FLUENCY TEST
A group of tests that are time limited and need to draw figures or remodel lines to make shapes. Also…
DIABETIC ENTEROPATHY
A complication of diabetes mellitus marked by fecal incontinence at night. See gastric neuropathy.
DIFFERENTIAL VALIDITY
Accuracy and validity of tests of a person's success in different tasks.
DIVERGENT THINKING
Thinking that formulates new solutions to problems. Compare convergent thinking.
DOUBLE STANDARD
A hypocritical belief where one behaviour is admissible in one group but not in the other.
DUCHENNE SMILE
A smile that characterised by crow's feet around the eyes and an upturning of lips.
DYSGENIC PRESSURE
A reduction of a population's intelligence attributed to a changing gene pool. See Flynn effect.