WESTERN APHASIA BATTERY (WAB)
a test battery which assesses a multitude of features of language-spontaneous speech, understanding, repetition, terming, and so forth, is utilized…
WHITE, ROBERT W
American psychologist. White received his doctorate in psychology at Harvard University, working alongside Henry A. Murray, a renowned character researcher.…
WIDOW-TO-WIDOW PROGRAM
a peer support program centered on mourning, death, and grief, thought to be the first of its type and acting…
WIND TUNNEL
a structure modeled as a corridor that air can be blown through at managed velocities and patterns of turbulence. Wind…
WITZELSUCHT
noun. a form of joking mania, marked by a morbid drive to tell bad jokes and stories lacking meaning, which…
WORD OF MOUTH
the unofficial channel of correspondence wherein facts, rumors, opinions, and gossip are conveyed by speaking from one individual to another.
WORK REHABILITATION CENTER
an institution wherein workers who have been hurt recover and ready for going back to work. Rehabilitation efforts are centered…
WORK-SAMPLE TEST
with regard to personnel selection, a task-specific examination which duplicates the daily jobs needed for the task. The applicant might…
WRITING ANGLE
a trait of a person's penmanship depicted by the angle between the horizontal base and an imaginary line linking the…
WALD-WOLFOWITZ TEST
a non-parametric test of the null hypothesis in which two samples have been draw from populations that are exactly alike…
WARNING OVERLOAD
with regard to ergonomics and safety engineering, the scenario wherein an operator is recipient to visual, auditory, or other forms…
WEAK METHODS
1. problem-resolution methods based upon general standards instead of particular, field-based insight. These techniques can be employed toward a vast…
WECHSLER-BELLEVUE INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WBIS)
a personalized intelligence scale for adults and older kids consisting of 6 verbal and 5 performance subtests which produce independent…
WELL-DEFINED PROBLEM
a problem with obvious initial circumstances and objectives and principle techniques for progressing from the previous to the latter.
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
criminal acts engaged in by individuals of high propriety and social position during the course of their employment.
WIFE SWAPPING
a type of group sex wherein two or more married pairs trade partners by mutual agreement to have sex. The…
WOBBLE SWITCH
an interface between a tool and the utilizer which is alike to a joystick. The switch is activated whenever the…
WORD SALAD
an extreme type of thought disorder, shown in seriously disordered and virtually unintelligible talking or penmanship, marked by serious loosening…