ZEN BUDDHISM
a Japanese school of Buddhism, extending back to the sixth century ce, wherein enlightenment was sought via direct, intuitive experience…
ZONE OF POTENTIALITY
the wide array of a pupil's capacity for development, growth, or excellence within a specific skill or subject region.
ZWAARDEMAKER SMELL SYSTEM
a system for categorizing scent qualities based upon a scheme initially cultivated by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. In accordance…
ZEN THERAPY
psychotherapy which is informed by and integrates the philosophy and practices of Zen Buddhism and which, alike to existentialism, is…
ZONE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING (ZOF)
the wide array of physiological stimulation within which a person can carry on at the peak of physical, cognitive, and…
ZENER CARDS
a standardized group of stimulant materials, alike to a deck of playing cards, modeled for utilization in experiments on extrasensory…
ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
with regard to Levvygotsky's sociocultural theory, the difference between a kid's actual degree of capacity and the degree of capacity…
ZYGOMATICUS
the group of muscles, innervated by the facial nerve, which initiates the motion of the upper lip upward, backward, and…
ZENO'S PARADOXES
many arguments introduced by Zeno of Elea, a Greek philosopher, against the thoughts of plurality and movement. People making a…
ZERO POPULATION GROWTH
the condition wherein the quantity of births and deaths in a society is level, so that there is extremely minimal…
ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (ZIFT)
a type of in vitro fertilization wherein sperm and ova are combined in a laboratory container like a petri dish,…
ZIPF'S LAW
with regard to speaking language, the viewpoint that the length of words within any language is inversely associated to how…