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n. The auditory sense organ which includes the exterior ear, or pinna, and a canal leading to the...

n. A thin membrane which separates the ear canal from the middle ear and transforms variations in...

n. A type of temperament that is defined by a very regular, adaptable, mildly intense style of be...

n. The eating disorders are psychological disorders that center around issues of eating behavior ...

n. A negatively accelerated curve of forgetting over time since learning, usually of nonsense syl...

n. A speech pattern in which a person echoes what is said to him or her. It is an occasional symp...

n. Any approach which does not adhere to one approach but includes diverse conceptual schemes or ...

n. Any approach to psychotherapy which does not adhere to one approach but includes and blends di...

n. Any approach to therapy which does not adhere to one approach but includes and blends diverse ...

n. The inference that what is true of group members in general is true of a particular individual...

n. An analysis conducted using group means for data which reduces the actual variability in the d...

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n. 1. The functional role of a species within a biological environment. 2. The geographical area ...

n. The branch of psychology that attempts to understand mental and behavioral functioning within ...

n. 1. The accuracy with which research findings correspond to the world in general. The condition...

n. The study of biological environments using a system level analysis which seeks to understand t...

n. The study of the interactions between an environment and the behavior of organisms within that...

n. Any environment and the interactions between the physical characteristics of the environment a...

n. Electroconvulsive therapy: the intentional induction of convulsions through sending low-voltag...

n. 1. The name given to the set of neurons in the visual system which react maximally to low-spat...

n. The practice of placing students who are markedly above or below average in academic performan...

n. The branch of applied psychology that studies the mental processes involved in formal educatio...

n. A forced-choice self-report personality inventory in which takers are required to select which...

n. The EEG (or electroencephalogram) is the graph of an electrical signal produced by large group...

n. The statement that rewarded behavior tends to be repeated. It is also called the weak law of e...

n. The statement that rewarded behavior tends to be repeated while behavior that is punished tend...

n. 1. Any biological part or system such as a muscle or organ that produces a particular effect. ...

n. The magnitude of an experimental result usually expressed in standard deviation units. It diff...

adj. Of or relating to neurons whose impulses travel away from the brain or spinal cord toward th...

n. Groups of neurons whose impulses travel away from the brain or spinal cord toward the rest of ...

n. 1. The capacity to succeed at tasks. 2. A personal sense of power to deal with life's difficul...

n. 1. The conscious sense of personal identity for many theorists, including Jung and Murray. Jun...

adj. Being self-centered, preoccupied with one's own concerns to the exclusion of noticing or car...

n. 1. The state of being self-centered, preoccupied with one's own concerns to the exclusion of n...

n. A comprehensive theory of individual differences and human maturation proposed by Jane Loeving...

n. 1. In psychoanalysis the part of the superego which was the ideal self derived from parental i...

n. 1. A comprehensive view of the self including one's place in the universe, cultural and social...

n. A recommitment to the order and meaning of one's life as it has been led, including all the fa...

n. The task in Erik Erikson's eighth stage of epigenetic development in which a person over the a...

n. 1. A state of having committed one's self to something. 2. The degree to which something is im...

n. Suicide that occurs when social integration within a society is high but the individual feels ...

n. In psychoanalysis, the capacity of the ego to make and carry out plans without disruption from...

n. A mental image of a visual scene that is maintained in near entirety for long periods so that ...

n. In statistics, a numeric index of the relative contribution of one independent variable to the...

n. A term that is used to identify a method of facilitating the transfer of information from brie...

n. In psychoanalysis, the process that girls go through in middle childhood in which they first b...

n. Application of very weak electrical current to localized areas of the brain. This has been use...

n. (ECT) The intentional induction of convulsions through sending low-voltage electrical current ...

n. (ECT) The intentional induction of convulsions through sending low-voltage electrical current ...

n. (EEG) A graph made by recording the electrical current passing through different portions of t...

n. The process of making graphs of the electrical current passing through different portions of t...

n. The range of electromagnetic waves from the very short gamma rays to the very long waves used ...

n. (EMG) A graphic representation of the electrical activity of a muscle or group of muscles over...

n. An emotional tone characterized by positiveness, as in happiness, cheerfulness, wellbeing, ela...

v. To bring forth, as a stimulus of a particular kind brings forth a response of a particular kind.

n. A cultural value that refers to the degree to which individuals in a group value their ingroup...

n. 1. A gesture that takes the place of a verbal expression and is understood by most of the memb...

n. 1. A fertilized egg after the zygote has split up until it is born. 2. In humans, the stage of...

n. A graphic representation of the electrical activity of a muscles or group of muscles over time...

1. adj. Of or relating to an approach to studying or understanding human functioning from within ...

v. To send forth, as a decaying radioactive element may emit a particle of radiation or an organi...

n. A spontaneous, voluntary behavior that occurs without external motivation; contrasted with eli...

n. A transient, neurophysiological response to a stimulus that excites a coordinated system of bo...

n. Emotional intelligence (EI) was formally defined by Peter Salovey and Jack Mayer in 1990 as a ...

n. The predictability and evenness of affect and the general absence of sharp or unpredictable va...

n. An experimental procedure in which subjects are required to report the color in which words ar...

n. Any of a number of explanations for the phenomena of emotion, including but not limited to the...

n. A technique used in behavioral therapy in which a subject first relaxes and then imagines emot...

n. 1. The capacity to understand the point of view of another person so that one vicariously shar...

adj. 1. Based on experience or observation rather than speculation, theory, or authority. 2. Indu...

n. A summary principle or general statement of the relationship between variables based on observ...

n. An approach to knowledge and understanding that supposes that all facts arise from experience ...

n. An inflammation of the brain usually caused by viral infection. External symptoms range from h...

n. An X-ray image of the brain often using air or dye to replace the cerebrospinal fluid so as to...

n. The brain.

n. 1. A theoretical process in which sensory data are converted into a form in which the mind can...

n. The idea that human memory performs best when the conditions of remembering are the same as th...

n. A disorder of childhood in which the child repeatedly defecates in inappropriate places, wheth...

n. The process of nonconscious learning and adopting the language, worldview, values, manners, sk...

n. The study of the anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, function, and pathology of the endocrine g...

adj. Arising within the body as a result of normal processes.

n. A state of mind characterized by negative mood, low energy, loss of interest in usual activiti...

n. Any substance produced by the body which has painkilling and euphoric effects similar to those...

n. A family of substances produced in the brain which bind to the same receptors as do morphine a...

n. Any substance produced by the body which has painkilling and euphoric effects similar to those...

n. A small circular region of muscle membrane that faces the terminus of a motor neuron and is re...

n. Repeated involuntary urination in inappropriate places after the age at which voluntary bladde...

n. The branch of psychology devoted to the study of the interactions between the physical aspects...

n. A prolonged state of psychological and physiological arousal leading to negative effects on mo...

n. Any of a large number of proteins produced in the body that act as biological catalysts that s...

n. The study of the frequency and location of diseases and disorders. Such studies usually attemp...

n. 1. The outer layer of skin of vertebrate animals, which contains some of the touch and pain re...

n. 1. The theory that the genetic or inherent characteristics of an organism interact with the en...

n. A family of chronic brain disorders characterized by uncontrolled electrical activity in the b...

n. A form of epilepsy involving seizures which are characterized by full body convulsions, loss o...

n. A form of epilepsy in which there are no gross motor seizures. Sometimes there are momentary l...

n. Ahormone (C9H13NO3) and neurotransmitter created in the adrenal glands which acts primarily as...

n. A phenomenon that accompanies or is a by-product of a process that has no effect on the proces...

n. Any recollection of the experience of a specific event or occurrence. Theoretically, episodic ...

adj. Of or relating to knowledge or the acquisition of knowledge.

n. The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the origins, nature, limits, and methods of hu...

n. 1. A moment in which all belief is suspended, which is important for critical analysis in scie...

n. 1. The educational quotient or educational age divided by chronological age times 100. 2. The ...

n. 1. The archaic theory that different areas of the cerebral cortex are equally involved in perf...

n. A theory of social justice in which people consider as fair outcomes those in which they recei...

n. A similarity of two or more things such that one may replace another without altering a situat...

n. The persistent or recurrent inability to maintain an adequate penile erection for the completi...

n. The applied science of human motion and work which uses knowledge of physiology, biomechanics,...

n. The eight ages of man or epigenetic stages in the development of self described by Erik Erikso...

n. Any portion of the body capable of arousing or increasing sexual excitement when stimulated. A...

n. The difference between a measurement and the true magnitude of the variable being measured, wh...

n. In using inferential statistics error it is possible to make an error by rejecting the null hy...

n. 1. The variation in a measurement used to estimate a population parameter that is due to a sam...

n. The proportion of variance in a dependent variable that is independent of the independent vari...

n. A form of operant conditioning in which an organism learns to move away from an aversive stimu...

n. A form of operant conditioning in which an organism learns to move away from an aversive stimu...

n. A form of operant conditioning in which an organism learns to move away from an aversive stimu...

n. Any of numerous drawings by M. C. Escher or mimicking his style of drawing in which tricks of ...

n. Any capacity to know without using any of the five senses such as in clairvoyance, precognitio...

n. A set of 25 cards on the face of which is printed a circle, cross, square, star, or wavy lines...

n. A calculation of the proportion of the variance accounted for by the relationship between inde...

n. A document adopted by the American Psychological Association delineating the professional code...

n. An area of ethics which deals with the care and treatment of animals especially in research se...

n. 1. The principles which define morally acceptable conduct, often within a particular group or ...

n. The principles which define morally acceptable conduct within the field of psychological resea...

n. Any large social group that shares a common ethnic identity created by history, culture, and s...

n. An individual person's belief in his or her being a part of one or more ethnic groups.

n. Ethnicity refers to an ethnic quality or affiliation with a particular group usually based on ...

n. Ethnic minorities are ethnic groups or members of ethnic groups in a given society who constit...

n. Ethnocentrism is the nearly universal tendency to view the world and to judge others primarily...

n. 1. A holistic and systematic description of a society and its dynamics usually written by an a...

n. The scientific study of folk methods of teaching children, including traditions, customs, sayi...

n. The scientific study of animal behavior in natural settings within an evolutionary framework. ...

n. The particular guiding beliefs, sentiments, values, morals, and spirit of a person, group, cul...

1. adj. Of or relating to the application of an outside cultural perspective to the study and und...

n. The causes and course of development of a disease or disorder. Also spelled aetiology.

n. A pseudoscientific social and political philosophy which seeks to eradicate genetic defects an...

n. A state of elevated well-being and elation.

n. A small tube extending from the middle ear to the pharynx which serves to equalize the air pre...

n. A prolonged mood of well-being and tranquility.

n. (ERP) Neurons produce extremely small changes in their surrounding electrical fields as they a...

n. An area of study that examines cognitive skills and abilities that are used in everyday functi...

n. (EP) An increase in electrical activity in a portion of the brain or other neural tissue broug...

n. 1. The process of gradual change over time of one thing or group into another thing or group m...

n. Evolutionary psychologists propose that the human mind consists predominantly of highly specia...

n. Any theory which describes and accounts for the gradual change of one species into other speci...

n. Another name for classical conditioning in which the pairing of an unconditioned stimulus (US)...

n. A wave of depolarization in a dendrite which increases the likelihood of a neural impulse whic...

n. A neural depolarization which changes the electrical configuration of a cell membrane, making ...

n. Complex forms of cognition and behavior, including but limited to (1) controlling cognition (m...

n. A theory that mental categorization uses remembered examples of a category with which new impr...

n. The final stage in the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), in which prolonged stress finally le...

n. 1. A disorder characterized by intense sexual arousal by fantasies of or actual exposure of on...

n. Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness, jitteriness, or dread that is generally a consequence of ...

n. A philosophical and literary point of view which takes the phenomena of existence as its subje...

n. A general approach to psychology that employs an examination of the phenomena of experience as...

n. Any of numerous therapies which focus on the immediate experience of the individual as the pro...

n. Any of numerous therapies which focus on the immediate experience of the individual as the pro...

adj. Originating outside the person.

n. A depression which occurs primarily as a reaction to a person's circumstances rather than prob...

n. 1. The mental set of beliefs about the immediate future that predisposes an individual to perc...

n. 1. The observer expectancy effect is the misperception of events in the direction of what is e...

n. 1. In motivation, a theory that attitude is weighed by the value of a possible outcome multipl...

n. Human beings have a natural tendency to react with some degree of positive or negative affect ...

n. An online scale which measures two dimensions of adult attachment security versus insecurity w...

n. An arrangement of conditions and procedures which allows observations of the relationships bet...

n. An approach to experimental psychology that adopts observable behavior and antecedent conditio...

n. One of two or more sets of controlled circumstances in which a dependent variable is measured ...

n. The regulation of all extraneous variables in an experiment so that changes in the dependent v...

n. A plan for the procedures to be followed in an experiment including all of the controls and me...

n. A combination of random error and error introduced by faulty experimental design.

n. 1. The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeat...

n. In an experiment, any group of subjects who receive the same set of experimental treatments, a...

n. A specific prediction or explanation of the relationship between target phenomena that is base...

n. Inaccurate reports of recollection induced in subjects through various types of suggestion inc...

n. Any control by the experimenter of an independent variable across whose different conditions t...

n. A system of procedures and materials used systematically to investigate the relationships betw...

n. Anxious behavior and disorganized behavior brought about by subjecting an animal to punishment...

n. The branch of psychology which uses controlled circumstances, often in a laboratory, to develo...

n. Systematic errors by a researcher in observation, record keeping, interpretation, or computati...

n. Bias entering into an experiment either through the experimenter's expectancies or other chara...

n. Systematic errors by a researcher in observation, record keeping, interpretation, or computati...

n. A problem solving computer program which uses a database of information and a procedure for de...

n. 1. The individual style with which a person understands and explains events in general and his...

n. Aspects of memory that can be recalled at will from both episodic and semantic memory, as oppo...

n. Prejudice that is verbalized and thus made public.

n. In ethology, interactions with the world with no obvious goal other than its exploration.

n. Analysis of data with the intent of discovering patterns for further investigation.

n. A set of analytic techniques applied to a correlation or covariance matrix seeking to discover...

n. Studies of a field which seek to discover interesting patterns and facts but without preformed...

n. A disorder characterized by discrete episodes of impulsive aggressiveness which results in ser...

n. A procedure in behavior therapy in which an individual is confronted with the thing he or she ...

n. Inability or seriously diminished capacity to speak, write, or use gestures to communicate, us...

n. Any action of an organism which communicates information to another and particularly informati...

► See MOTOR APHASIA

n. In genetics the degree to which a gene is likely to be expressed in the phenotype or actual bo...

Definition. n. When trying to explain a person's behavior (what is referred to in psychology as m...

n. 1. In psychoanalysis a defense mechanism in which aspects of the unconscious are attributed to...

n. External locus of control refers to the degree to which individuals expect that a reinforcemen...

n. The eye muscle on the outside midline of the eye that rotates the eye away from the nose. Also...

► See VALIDITY, EXTERNAL

n. Any sensory receptor that takes in information from the external world as in the skin or mucus...

n. 1. The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeat...

n. 1. In operant conditioning, extinction that occurs in the absence of a response as in placing ...

n. An instance of presenting an organism with a stimulus previously paired with either an uncondi...

v. To carry out an extinction procedure so that an established behavior disappears.

n. Thirst caused by a loss of extracellular liquid as through bleeding or vomiting. Also called h...

n. Any of the rectus or either of the oblique muscles which control rotation of the eye within it...

adj. Of or relating to the extrapyramidal nerve tract, which includes the motor cortex, basal gan...

n. The neural system which controls voluntary motion, consisting of the motor cortex, basal gangl...

n. Symptoms arising as a result of injury to the extrapyramidal system or the effect of antipsych...

n. (ESP) Any capacity to know without using any of the five senses such as in clairvoyance, preco...

n. Region of the occipital lobe beside the primary visual area (V1, striate cortex, located in th...

n. The tendency to use the ends of a scale regardless of item content.

n. The muscles that move the eye within its socket including the rectus and oblique muscles.

n. A drive or desire to do something due to the effects that it will have rather than for the int...

n. Extroversion/introversion (or extroversion), one of the dimensions of the five factor model, c...

n. Extroverts (extraverts) are individuals who are high in terms of outward focus. Extroverts are...

n. A preference for using one eye over the other.

n. (EMDR) A therapeutic technique in which a person recalls traumatic events while concentrating ...

n. In reading aloud the distance between the word being spoken and the word on which the eye is f...

n. Eyewitness testimony is the information that an individual can provide about a crime. This inc...

n. (EPI) A self-report personality test measuring introversion-extroversion and neu- roticism wri...

n. (EPQ and EPQ-R) A self-report personality test measuring introversion-extroversion, neuroticis...