TRIPHASIC PATTERN
a characteristic chain of muscle activations, agonist, then antagonist, and eventually agonist again, viewed in swift, unidirectional motions toward a…
TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE
an enzyme which catalyzes the initial step in the biosynthesis of serotonin. It utilizes tetrahydrobiopterin as a component enzyme to…
TWO-PLUS-TWO PHENOMENON
a fallacy of reasoning wherein viewed or accepted facts are thought to make a specific conclusion so "apparent" that the…
TYPE A PERSONALITY
a character trend marked by high degrees of achievement motivation, chronic competitiveness, and hostility.
TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE (TDD)
a tool utilized by people with hearing loss or speech handicaps to correspond via telephone lines. It commonly comprises a…
TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY
the surgical removal of a temporal lobe or a part of it. It might be done as part of the…
TENDON SENSATION
the kinesthetic feeling generated by arousal of receptors within a tendon.
TERMAN, LEWIS MADISON
An American psychologist. Terman earned his doctorate in 1905 at Clark University and worked for 4 years at the Los…
TERRITORIALITY
noun. 1. an animal's defending of a particular geographic region from intrusion by other members of the identical species.
TEST OF ATTENTIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL STYLE (TAIS)
a self-report inventory which identifies a person's dominant attentional style and profiles their style of interacting with other people. Greatly…
TEST-STUDY-TEST METHOD
an approach to the teaching of spelling which utilizes a pretest to identify the terms a kid knows, and subsequently,…
THEORY OF MENTAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
a design of mental styles which postulates many dimensions to depict the favored manners wherein people think or display their…