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TYPE II ERROR

the error of failing to refute the null hypothesis whenever it is actually not authentic. Investigators make this error if

TECTAL NUCLEUS

any of specific nuclei residing in the superior and inferior colliculus within the dorsal portion of the midbrain. They perform

TELEMETRY

noun. the procedure of gauging and conveying quantitative data to a remote locale, where it can be documented and comprehended.

TELIC

deliberate or objective-directed in nature, as in actions.

TEMPORAL CONDITIONING

a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein the unconditioned stimulant is shown at regular intervals, but not being joined by any

TEMPORARY COMMITMENT

emergency indeliberate hospitalization of a patient with a cognitive disorder for a limited time to observe or treat them.

TENSION LAW

a concept postulating that any veering away from an organism's optimal degree of exterior circumstances generates a state of tension.

TERMINAL CARE

services for individuals with terminal sickness, now generally rendered by hospices, that might be either freestanding units or joined with

TERTIARY CIRCULAR

with regard to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, an infant

TEST SOPHISTICATION

familiarity with a specific test or kind of test, that may impact the score achieved on future tests.

TETARTANOPIA

noun. An uncommon type of color blindness marked by trouble in differentiating between blue and yellow. Luminosity perception is normal,

THALAMUS

noun. a mass of gray matter, forming a portion of the brains' diencephalon, whose two lobes shape the third ventricle's

THEOBROMINE

noun. a methylxanthine alkaloid which takes place organically within the seeds of the cocoa plant. Theobromine is anatomically alike to

THEORY THEORY

any design of mental growth which mixes neonativism and constructivism, postulating that mental growth moves along by children producing, testing,

THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE

the study of law as a therapeutic agent. Therapeutic jurisprudence comprises the analysis of how laws, processes, and individuals who

THERMAL SENSITIVITY

the capacity to detect temperature, that is usually interpreted relative to the body's temperature.

THIENOBENZODIAZEPINE

any member of a category of chemically related substances.

THIRD-VARIABLE PROBLEM

the fact that a viewed correspondence between two variants might be because of the typical correspondence between each of the

THOUGHT INTRUSION

disruption of the stream of consciousness by undesired cognitive contents.

THRESHOLD

noun. 1. with regard to psychophysics, the strength or greatness of a stimulant which will generate its detection half of