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…
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…