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,…
WORKING BACKWARD
a problem-resolution method wherein the solver starts at the objective state and tries to discover a passage back to the…
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…
WAINWRIGHT V WITT
a 1985 case resulting in a United States Supreme Court judgment which escalated the prosecution
WANDERLUST
noun. a propensity or drive to wander or roam with not intended destination or purpose.
WATERSHED INFARCTION
necrosis of neurons because of disturbance of regular blood flow to a region residing at the periphery of a vascular…
WEBER-FECHNER LAW
the law postulating that to escalate the severity of a sensation within arithmetical progression, the severity of the stimulant must…
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…