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…
WEIGHT EXPERIMENT
a psychophysical experiment wherein involved parties lift weights and their sensitivity to slight variations in weight is assessed.
WERNER'S DISEASE
a rare genetic disorder affecting both males and females and marked by signs of premature aging prior to the age…
WHEELCHAIR SPORT
a form of recreational or rehabilitative activity wherein people with physical incapacities compete in individual and team sports with the…
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 FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
an international, nongovernmental alliance of establishments and people formed in 1948 to advance the prevention of cognitive and emotional disorders,…
WUNDT GRAVITY PHONOMETER
a device for locating the variation thresholds for noise intensity.
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…