WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)
a group of memory tests, initially printed in 1945, which evaluates verbal and non-verbal memory in elder adolescents and adults…
WERTHER SYNDROME
cluster suicides elicited by the suicide of a widely-recognized or popular figure whose demise is supplied with significant media coverage.…
WHITE MATTER
portions of the nervous system made up of nerve fibers which are encaged in a myelin sheath, that renders a…
WIDEBAND PROCEDURES
testing and gauging methods which are fairly more subjective in nature. Wideband processes commonly produce a broader span of data…
WILLIE M CLASS ACTION
a 1979 class action lawsuit in North Carolina, settled out of court, which mandated a special category of kids of…
WITHIN-GROUP VARIANCE
the variance among identically remedied people in the same group or populace. Commonly referred to as intraclass variance.
WORD COUNT
a presumption of the rate of occurrence or the popularity of particular words within a specific sample of spoken or…
WORK GROUP
any set of individuals whose main objective is to carry out a group of designated jobs. The level to which…
WORK-LIMIT TEST
an examination wherein all persons taking the exam perform the same job with grades based upon the time needed for…
WRITER'S BLOCK
limited capacity to begin or persist in working on an section or article of writing. The trouble is credited mainly…
WAKING HYPNOSIS
a state of hypnosis elicited without referring to sleep by getting the involved party to focus their attention on an…
WARM-UP EFFECT
a phenomenon viewed in learning and motor tasks wherein people carry on imprecisely and gradually at the beginning of a…
WAVELENGTH THRESHOLDS
the minimal and maximal light or noise wavelengths which can be interpreted. In the human visual system, differ slightly with…
WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE (WPPSI)
an intelligence test for kids from 2 years 6 months old to 7 years 3 months which presently utilizes seven…
WELCH-ASPIN T TEST
a variant on the T test which is utilized whenever the presumption of homogeneity of variance is violated.
WESTERMARCK EFFECT
the postulation that individuals who are reared nearby or in the same home do not find each other sexually appealing…
WHITE RAMI COMMUNICANTES
the myelinated fibers of the preganglionic departments running from spinal roots to ganglia of the sympathetic chain within the thoracic…
WIDE-RANGE TEST
a test with low floor and high ceiling or a test with objects which gauge performance at extremely low and…
WILLOWBROOK CONSENT JUDGMENT
a landmark agreement in 1975 between agencies, mothers and fathers, and friends of the court and New York, indicating the…