VOCAL CORDS
a pair of tissue folds which project from the walls of the larynx. They vibrate, generating noises, whenever expired air…
VOLATILE MARRIAGE
a long-lasting marriage characterized by both ardent arguments and displays of affection, but frequently having more positive than negative interactions.
VOLUNTARY TURNOVER
the amount of workers who leave an establishment or unit voluntarily during a chosen time frame, generally to fill a…
VALUES CLARIFICATION
1. any procedure aimed to advocate for a person's awareness and comprehension of their moral standards and ethical priorities and…
VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX
with regard to multivariate statistics, a matrix whose diagonal components are the variances of variants and whose non-diagonal components are…
VERBAL CONDITIONING
the conditioning of a verbal reaction via reinforcement, generally rendered in the form of reward or positive attention. The experiment…
VERBATIM TRACE
an exact, literal memory symbolization. In accordance with the fuzzy trace theory, verbatim traces are not as simply retrieved, usually…
VERTICAL MOBILITY
the motion or displacement of people or groups from one social class to new social class. This might take the…
VESTIBULE TRAINING
an approach to personnel training wherein new workers, prior to beginning their work tasks, spend some time learning in a…
VIBROTACTILE THRESHOLD
the minimal degree of arousal at which a vibration is felt. Various forms of mechanoreceptors are sensitive to many particular…
VIGILANCE DECREMENT
with regard to a vigilance job, a reduction in the amount of targets discovered which takes place after a brief…
VISUAL AGRAPHIA
a handicapped capacity to write stemming from a failure to identify letters, numerals, or terms. The condition is elicited by…
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
the utilization of differentive colors, forms, or motions which are acknowledged by the visual system as a way of corresponding…