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VOLUNTEERISM

noun. the custom of lending one's time and effort to acts which add to a positive goal.

VULVA

the exterior female genitals, consisting of the clitoris, the labia, and the vestibule of the vagina. Commonly referred to as

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

VISUAL CYCLE

the biochemical and biophysical chain of occurrences which are inclusive of the excretion of all transretinal from riiodopsin during light

VISUAL ILLUSION

a misinterpretation of exterior visual stimulants which takes place as an outcome of either a pathological condition or a misperception

VISUAL RECOGNITION TEST

any test wherein involved parties are requested to identify a sequence of familiar items during one or more visual displays

VISUAL-SPATIAL ABILITY

the capacity to understand and idealize visual symbolizations and spatial associations in learning and in the carrying out of jobs