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…
VALUES LIFESTYLE GROUPS (VALS)
groups of consumers divided by their individual traits. Eight classifications of consumers are determined, based upon reactions to proprietary questionnaires.
VASOCONSTRICTOR
noun. any drug or other agent which elicits blood vessel constriction so that the girth of the vessels is lessened.…
VENLAFAXINE
an antidepressant which functions by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin; it is a member of the SNRI categorization.…
VERBAL FLUENCY TEST
any of a set of examinations wherein involved parties are requested, within a limited time, to produce words which suit…
VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX (VOR)
the indeliberate compensatory motion of the eyes which takes place to preserve focus on a visual objective in minor, short…
VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES (VABS)
an evaluation of a person's social and personal operating in four regions: correspondence, everyday living abilities, socialization, and motor abilities.
VISUAL AMNESIA
loss of the capacity to acknowledge or identify familiar items, published words, or penmanship merely by viewing it, because of…