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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

VALIDITY CRITERION

an exterior standard which is utilized to identify the trait which a tool is claimed to gauge and which is

VANISHING CUES METHODOLOGY

a computer-aided training method modeled to teach new, complex knowledge to people with memory disability. The method takes advantage of

VARIETY

noun. 1. With regard to biological taxonomy, a sub-class of a species consisting of those members of the species which

VASOPRESSOR

1. eliciting constriction of blood vessels and thus, elevating blood pressure. 2. vasoconstrictor.

VENTRAL ANTERIOR NUCLEUS

a nucleus of the anterior thalamus which is recipient to incoming data from the basal ganglia and conveys links to

VENTROPOSTERIOR NUCLEUS

a nucleus of the thalamus inside the brain which conveys messages to the main somatosensory region inside the anterior parietal

VERBAL LEARNING TRADITION,

an attempt to unearth fundamental laws of learning by analyzing simple materials in controlled circumstances.

VERIFICATION TIME

with regard to analyses of cognition, a gauge of the time it takes for someone to imply whether a statement

VESTIBULAR ILLUSION

a spatial disorientation because of incorrect vestibular data, after adaptation of a vestibular receptor.

VESTURED GENITAL APPOSITION

carnal activity wherein clothed people position their genital areas together and grind or rub them against one another, simulating sex.

VICIOUS CIRCULARITY 1

the logical problem which is displayed by specific types of self-referring paradox, like "This sentence is not true", and by

VIRAL MARKETING

a type of Internet marketing wherein customers tell other customers about new items or services by transmitting e-mails either advocating

VISCEROGENIC NEED

one of the main, physiological necessities which stem from natural procedures and generate physical satisfaction. They are inclusive of the

VISUAL ASSOCIATION CORTEX

any of the visual regions inside the cerebral cortex which reside exterior to the striate cortex, inclusive of V2, V4,