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VISUAL CLOSURE

the capacity to recognize a familiar item from an incomplete visual display.

VISUAL FORM AGNOSIA

a form of visual agnosia wherein a person is not capable of recognizing complex items or images, although fundamental visual

VISUAL PREFERENCE PARADIGM

a research method for assessing visual discrimination in infants wherein the quantity of time spent observing various visual stimulants is

VISUALLY GUIDED REACHING

motions wherein simultaneous visual data is utilized to find a target and veer away from obstacles. Visually guided reaching is

VITALITY

noun. physical or intellectual strength or energy: the state of being full of enthusiasm and drive about continual activities.

VOCAL COMMUNICATION

correspondence via auditory signals generally created by a vibrating organ, like the larynx within the throats of mammals or the

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

the rehabilitation of people with cognitive or physical impairments or those who have been harmed or ill in effort to

VOL SCALE

a scale of subjective volume, gauged in vols. One vol is the volume of a 1000-Hz, 40-dBtone.

VOLUNTARY RESPONSE

An intentionally selected response to a stimulant which might necessitate a complex integration of excitatory and inhibitory urges with feedback

VROOM-YETTON-JAGO MODEL OF LEADERSHIP

a design which can be utilized by leaders in deciding how much they ought to permit followers to engage in

VAGINISMUS

a carnal dysfunction wherein spasmic contracting of the muscles surrounding the vagina happen during or directly before coitus, causing the

VALUE-EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

the role one's outlook can play in the demonstration of core values. An individual may take on a positive outlook

VARIANCE STABILIZING TRANSFORMATION

any of a category of transformations whose purpose is to terminate the union between the cell mean and the variance

VASECTOMY

noun. a surgical process for male sterilization wherein the vas deferens, that transports sperm to the urethra from the testes,

VELOCITY OF CONDUCTION

the speed with which nerve impulses progress along the axon of a neuron. Gauges by various methods dictate that axons

VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT

a surgically made pathway for draining cerebrospinal fluid from the brain's ventricles to the exterior jugular vein, as in the

VERBAL COMPREHENSION INDEX

on the Wechsler adult intelligence scale and other Wechsler tests, a subset of verbal examinations considered to gauge verbal knowledge

VERBATIM RECALL

remembering of the precise wording of verbal substance.

VERTICAL GROUP

a group made up of people who stem from various social classes.

VESTIBULE OF THE INNER EAR

is the empty space of the bony labyrinth which consists of the saccule and utricle and is linked to the