VENTILATION CONDITIONS
Atmospheric conditions—primarily temperature, humidity, and air flow—constitute an important problem in industrial psychology and human engineering, since they have considerable…
VIGOTSKY TEST
A test of conceptual thinking in which the subject classifies blocks according to different characteristicsdeveloped by the Soviet psychologist L.…
VISIBILITY CURVE
A graph representing the sensitivity of the eye to different wavelengths of light. Two types of curves are usually constructed,…
VISIBLE SPECTRUM
The range of electromagnetic waves visible to the human eye.Our sense of vision is activated by radiant energy emitted or…
VISUAL DEFECTS
Common visual defects so often affect behavior and adjustment that they are usually included in the field of psychology. Most…
VOLUNTEER WORKERS
In recent years mental health clinics and mental hospitals have been using more and more volunteersnot only because of the…
VALIDATING MARRIAGE
a lasting marriage wherein the couple show respect for one another even whenever they are not in agreement on something.
VAN BUCHEM'S SYNDROME
an autosomal aberration characterized by Otosclerosis and thickening of bones of the skull, face, and trunk, causing facial paralysis and…
VARIATIONS OF AGING
single differences in the impacts of aging elicited either by intrinsic aspects or via extrinsic aspects .
VASODILATOR
noun. any drug or other substance which acts to widen the girth of blood vessels, usually by calming smooth muscle…
VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS
an region of the hypothalamus inside the brain which is recipient to incoming data from the amygdala and is associated…
VERIDICAL HALLUCINATION
with regard to parapsychology, an alleged fantasy or impossible occurrence, like the sighting of a ghost, which is regardless, still…
VESTIBULAR ADAPTATION
an impact of recurrent arousal which can result in suppression of the vestibular action and might be seen in people…
VESTIGIAL BODY IMAGE
the subjective or interior picture of one's appearance which isn't always altered by modifications to one's surface features.
VICARIOUS FUNCTION
a theory to depict the capacity to bounce back from the impacts of brain injury. It is based upon proofs…
VIOLATION-OF-EXPECTATION METHOD
a method, based upon persistence, habit formation, and the breaking of habits, wherein escalations in a baby's looking time are…
VISUAL ANOMIA
failure to coin visual stimulants accurately despite unbroken visual perception.