WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH
a United States Army research institute which performs a multitude of applied-research programs.
WATERFALL ILLUSION
the most widely recognized instance of a movement aftereffect, generated by observing a waterfall for a time and then switching…
WEAPONS EFFECT
escalated hostility or an elevated propensity toward aggression generated by just the sight of a weapon. If provoked, people who…
WELTANSCHAUUNG
noun. any basic comprehension of the universe, and of humankind's orientation within it, kept by a person, a society, or…
WHEELCHAIR
noun. a chair that has wheels modeled to accelerate the mobility of people not capable of walking without help. One…
WHITTEN EFFECT
the impact of chemical correspondence in eliciting ovulation. With regard to some rodent species, females ovulate whenever exposed to scents…
WILDERVANCK'S SYNDROME
a genetic disorder correlated to klippel-feil syndrome and marked by deafness and paralysis of the abducens nerve. Cranial asymmetry and…
WIN-STAY, LOSE-SHIFT STRATEGY
with regard to discrimination learning, a cognitive or behavioral method wherein a living being persists to render the same reaction…
WOLMAN'S DISEASE
a hereditary metabolic disorder marked by an insufficiency of acid lipase, an enzyme required to synthesize lipid molecules. The adrenal…
WORD-FREQUENCY STUDY
a examination wherein the frequency of to-be-recalled words is manipulated to explore the impact of this variant on later memory.…
WORK-FLOW INTEGRATION
the creation of work jobs to supply a more capable integration of activities between and across workers engaged in codependent…
WUNDT CURVE
an illusion wherein straight lines which seem to be arched whenever observed through a prism and seem to arch in…
WANDERING ATTENTION
an attention disruption wherein the person seems completely alert but is distracted by nearly any exterior stimulant. The condition might…
WATER-JAR PROBLEMS,
planned by Abraham S. Luchins, an American psychologist, and Edith H. Luchins, and American psychologist and mathematician.
WEAR-AND-TEAR THEORY OF AGING
a theory of biological aging proposing that aging stems from a build-up of trauma to cells, tissues, and organs inside…