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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

VALENCE-INSTRUMENTALITY-EXPECTANCY THEORY

a theory of work motivation positing that the degree of effort put out by workers will rely on a mixture

VAMPIRISM

noun. a belief in the presence of vampires. With regard to the portrayal of vampirism in literature, carnal satisfaction is

VARIATION

noun. the presence of qualitative differentions in type, anatomy, actions, and physiology across the people of a populace, whether because

VASODILATION

noun. widening of blood vessels, through the functioning of a vasomotor nerve or a medicine, that has the impact of

VENN DIAGRAM

a visual symbolization of components and associations in set algebra. It is a figure wherein circles symbolize the set's components,

VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME

a group of indicators elicited by experimental lesions inside the ven tromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus inside the brain. The

VERBAL INTELLIGENCE

the capacity to utilize words and mixtures of words well in correspondence and problem solving.

VERIDICAL

adjective. 1. honest. 2. of cognitive phenomena, like memories or beliefs, related to exterior reality. 3. of dreams or visions,

VESTED INTEREST

the degree to which an outlook item is viewed as being associated with an individual's material self-interest. It is presumed

VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT

a trace which transmits impulses to the spinal cord from the vestibular nuclei. It is separated into medial and lateral

VICARIOUS ENJOYMENT

the satisfaction one gets as an outcome of another's gains or other positive encounters, frequently due to an identification with

VINELAND SOCIAL MATURITY SCALE,

presently consists of objects for ages from infancy to 90 years old. Information is collected via a scoring form or

VISCERAL BRAIN

the region of the brain which is engaged in the neurophysiological management of emotion-based actions and experience. Its significant structures

VISUAL ANGLE

the angle subtended by a visual objective at the nodal point of the eye. The girth of an adult thumb