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WEIGHT WATCHERS

a largely accessible weight loss and management program which is inclusive of practices of both support and self-help groups.

WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF SYNDROME

a syndrome stemming from persistent alcoholism or nutritional deficiencies, correlated to deficiency of vitamin B. The syndrome is marked by

WHIPPING

hitting an individual with a rod, lash, or like tool.

WHOLE REPORT

a technique utilized within analyses of iconic memory wherein the involved party tries to remember all of the displayed data.

WILL THERAPY

a type of psychotherapy based upon the theory that neuroses can be veered away from or overcome by asserting one's

WITHDRAWAL DYSKINESIA

distortion or skewing of deliberate motions correlated to withdrawal from drugs or other agents.

WOMB FANTASY

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the fallacy of going back into the womb or living within the womb, generally shown

WORD-RECOGNITION THRESHOLD

with regard to analyses involving word recognition, the smallest quantity of time which a term must be shown for an

WORKING FORWARD

a problem-resolution method wherein the solver persists from the preliminary circumstances to locate a passage to the favored objective state.

WORLD REGIONS

with regard to the thought of Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher, three separate facets of an individual's lived encounter marked

WURZBURG SCHOOL

a school of psychology cultivated at the end of the nineteenth century by Oswald Kiilpe, a German psychologist, and his

WAIST-TO-HIPS RATIO

the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips. This ratio is frequently utilized in cross-cultural analyses

WAR PSYCHOLOGY

the employment of psychological standards and techniques to military situations and operatives during wartime. It encompasses human operations in a

WATERSHED ZONE

a zone which resides between the vascular distribution regions of two arteries. Even though the cerebral cortex is sufficiently supplied

WEBER'S EXPERIMENT

an experiment where it was shown that discrimination of weight was a constant fraction of 1/40 between two weights.

WEIGHTED APPLICATION BLANK (WAB)

with regard to personnel selection, a scored application type utilized to attain and assess biographical information. The applicant's reaction to

WERNICKE'S APHASIA

a loss of the capacity to understand noises or speech , specifically to comprehend or repeat spoken language and to

WHIPSAWING

1. escalating productivity by joining two or more people or groups on a paired job, frequently with a competitive nature.

WHOLE-CHANNEL

designating or associated with an approach to teaching wherein data is presented utilizing techniques which due all the possible senses.

WILL TO MEANING

the need to locate an appropriate connotation and reason for one's life. Will to meaning is the premise and basic