WHO (10) WELL-BEING INDEX
a 10-object survey, established by the World Health Organization, which is inclusive of bad and good aspects of health and…
WILKS'S LAMBDA
a statistic based upon the difference in mean vectors across K samples utilized to test hypotheses about group mean vector…
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
a test which necessitates that involved parties deduce from feedback how to organize a sequence of cards depicting many different…
WOMAN-CENTERED PSYCHOLOGY
an approach to psychology which stresses the psychological, physical, and social encounters which are especially pertinent to females.
WORD-LENGTH EFFECT
with regard to an examination of memory range, the fact that one generally recalling a larger amount of shorter words…
WORK-FOR-PAY UNIT
an inpatient or post-care work institution comprising an element of an all-encompassing rehabilitation program for people with cognitive disorders. These…
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
a specialized department of the United Nations which advocates for technical medical cooperation among countries, performs programs to manage and…
WUNDT, WILHELM MAX
A German psychologist and physiologist. Wundt earned his medical degree and his second doctorate studying under Johannes Muller. He then…
WAGE COMPRESSION
the propensity for the space in salaries between permanent workers and the newly hired to thin as the rate of…
WANDERING BEHAVIOR
a disruption of motor activity which consists of directionless, disoriented motion. These actions commonly take place in people with dementia,…
WATER-JUG PROBLEMS
a group of problems wherein involved parties are requested to explain how they would measure out a particular quantity of…
WEBER FRACTION
the ratio of the just noticeable variation to the severity of a stimulant. Escalations in the severity of a stimulant…
WEIGHT REGULATION
a process, overseen by a complex range of neural devices and structures, wherein the brain seeks an ideal equilibrium between…
WHIPLASH EFFECT
a painful trauma to the soft tissues of the neck, that can continue for months, stemming from an abrupt change…
WHOLE METHOD OF LEARNING
a learning method wherein the complete block of material is memorized, in contract to learning the material in portions.
WILL DISTURBANCE
an insufficiency or absence of motivation identified by Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, as a fundamental indicator of schizophrenia. The…
WITCH DOCTOR
with regard to a multitude of traditional cultures, an individual thought to have magical powers utilizes these primarily to cure…
WORD-RECOGNITION SKILLS
the group of methods which are utilized to identify words in reading, inclusive of the instant identification of sight words,…