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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

VISUAL PREFERENCE PARADIGM

a research method for assessing visual discrimination in infants wherein the quantity of time spent observing various visual stimulants is

VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING

motions wherein simultaneous visual data is utilized to find a target and veer away from obstacles. Visually guided reaching is

VITALITY

noun. physical or intellectual strength or energy: the state of being full of enthusiasm and drive about continual activities.

VOCAL COMMUNICATION

correspondence via auditory signals generally created by a vibrating organ, like the larynx within the throats of mammals or the

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

the rehabilitation of people with cognitive or physical impairments or those who have been harmed or ill in effort to

VOL SCALE

a scale of subjective volume, gauged in vols. One vol is the volume of a 1000-Hz, 40-dBtone.

VOLUNTARY RESPONSE

An intentionally selected response to a stimulant which might necessitate a complex integration of excitatory and inhibitory urges with feedback

VROOM-YETTON-JAGO MODEL OF LEADERSHIP

a design which can be utilized by leaders in deciding how much they ought to permit followers to engage in

VAGINAL SEX

carnal intercourse by way of penetration of the vagina.

VALUE SYSTEM

the societal, religious, moral, economic, or material ideas accepted either distinctly or implicitly by a person or a specific culture.

VARIANCE

noun. a gauging of the spread, or dispersion, of scores within a sample, whereby a small variance implies very similar

VASCULITIS

noun. inflammation of a blood vessel.

VELLEITY

noun. 1. a low degree of volition. 2. a generalized or weak tendency or propensity.

VENTRICULAR ZONE

an area of actively separating tissue cells lining the cerebral ventricles which supplies neurons which are primarily formative in growth