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n. Acting in compliance with a command or other directive such as obeying the law.

n. A state of having a significant excess of adipose or fatty tissue. No exact division between b...

n. A type of visual agnosia in which there is a failure to recognize objects that are clearly seen.

n. In Piagetian psychology, the understanding that things are real, physical entities which move ...

n. The perceptual tendency to see objects as unchanging as the light reflected from them changes ...

n. The philosophical point of view which accepts that both physical and metaphysical aspects of t...

n. The sexual energy or desire directed toward something or someone external to the self.

n. Any object toward which libido is directed and which satisfies the aim of the instinct when it...

n. In Piagetian psychology, the understanding that things continue to exist after they leave the ...

n. The understanding that some thing is a particular thing or belongs to a particular category of...

n. In psychoanalysis, all of one's emotional connections to other people, things, activities, or ...

n. Any of several later developments in psychoanalysis in which relationships between self and th...

n. 1. In cognitive psychology, a hypothesized model of an object in the mind or in the brain. 2. ...

n. Any of several later developments in psychoanalysis in which relationships between self and th...

n. In factor analysis, a solution in which the axes are correlated rather than orthogonal or at r...

▶ See OBLIQUE ROTATION

n. Any relatively permanent change in behavior or thought which takes place after watching or oth...

n. Any scientific approach which involves recording information without interference with the sub...

n. Any research project that involves recording information without interference with the subject...

n. A recurrent and persistent thought, image, idea, or impulse that causes the person distress an...

n. A disorder characterized by (1) recurrent and persistent thoughts, images, ideas, or impulses ...

n. Occam's razor is a logical principle attributed to the medieval philosopher William of Occam (...

adj. Of or relating to the back of the head, which is called the occiput.

n. Either of the rearmost areas of the cerebral hemispheres, which are involved in visual percept...

n. A prolonged state of physical and mental arousal resulting from demands from one's job, which ...

n. (OT) A method of treating mental disorders or medical conditions by performing or learning to ...

▶ See OCCAM'S RAZOR/OCKHAM'S RAZOR

n. The degree to which neural impulses from one eye cause more response in the visual cortex than...

n. Either of the third pair of cranial nerves which control the muscles which move the eye, alter...

n. In psychoanalysis, the phase of development in which the primary form of pleasure is immature ...

n. In psychoanalysis, the third phase of development, in which primary pleasure is derived from i...

n. The sense of smell, which includes a set of chemical detectors located in the mucus linings of...

adj. Of or relating to the sense of smell or the set of chemical detectors located in the mucus l...

n. Small bump on the bottom of the cerebral cortex which receives the nerve fibers from nasal sce...

n. Cortical areas involved in olfactory reception and processing. The olfactory bulb situated in ...

n. Areas in the mucus membrane which lines the nasal cavities where olfactory receptors are located.

n. An area on the bottom of the cerebral cortex containing the olfactory bulbs, olfactory tract, ...

n. Either of the first pair of cranial nerves which connect the smell receptors in the nasal epit...

n. Any of the spindle-shaped neurons in the nasal epithelium that react to particular chemicals w...

n. The nerve fiber that originates in the receptor cells in the nasal epithelium, forms tracts, a...

n. An organizational structure characterized by rule- or decision-making power of a few. Decision...

n. (ω2) In analysis of variance, the percentage or proportion of the variance of the dependent va...

n. 1. Any statistical test of significance in which there are more than two groups being compared...

n. The belief that one's wishes, beliefs, or thoughts affect the course of the external world, wh...

n. A test of the hypothesis that a sample is drawn from a population whose mean and standard devi...

n. In inferential statistics, the probability that one would find a result as extreme as or more ...

n. In inferential statistics, a one-tailed (1-tailed) test is one that tests the null hypothesis ...

n. An analysis of variance with a single independent variable which is testing the hypothesis tha...

n. Any form of data analysis that occurs during a period of connection between two or more inform...

n. The biological origin and development of an individual, as opposed to a group or a species.

n. The study of origins, including the origin of existence, of knowledge, and of reality. Origina...

n. Item format in which there are no predefined response options or response categories to guide ...

n. Openness to experience is one of the dimensions of the five factor model. It contrasts individ...

n. In operant conditioning, a single class of behaviors which produce a particular effect in the ...

n. A threat or attack on another carried out for the purpose of obtaining a goal other than causi...

n. Any behavior which brings about a defined effect in the world. Thus pressing a lever which all...

n. A form of learning in which an organism learns to act so as to bring about certain effects in ...

n. The baseline or frequency of occurrence of a set of behaviors before a schedule of reinforceme...

n. Any single behavior of an organism which achieves a reinforcement.

n. In signal detection theory, a curve on a graph which represents the accuracy of a receiver ope...

n. A detailed description of the measurements used to define an experimental procedure, concept, ...

n. An archaic approach to science and psychology in which it was supposed that concepts derive th...

n. The construction of a procedure to measure a theoretical construct.

n. In Piagetian psychology, either of the stages of intellectual development in which the child i...

n. An archaic approach to science and psychology in which it was supposed that concepts derive th...

n. Any drug derived from the juice of the Asiatic poppy, including codeine, morphine opium, and h...

n. An attitude, belief, or judgment that is held to be true without conclusive proof.

n. A measure of the attitudes, beliefs, or judgments of a number of a sample of people intended t...

n. Any of a number of mechanisms in which two submechanisms act in opposite directions, the sum o...

n. Any hypothesized mechanism in which two submechanisms act in opposite directions, the sum of w...

n. Any of several theories of color perception in which there are different kinds of color recept...

n. The hypothesis that when any stimulus arouses an affective response, it also arouses its oppos...

n. Any of dozens of sorts of false visual images which can be produced through many physiological...

n. The point at which the branches of the optic nerve from each eye meet. The half of the neurona...

n. The part of the retina in which retinal nerve fibers gather into a bunch and leave the retina ...

n. Either of the second cranial nerves which arise in the ganglion cells in the retina whose axon...

n. Brewers optimal distinctiveness model is based on the premise that social identities are deriv...

n. A tendency to expect the best possible outcome and to dwell on positive aspects of situations.

n. A person's underestimation of the likelihood that he or she will experience a negative event, ...

n. In psychoanalysis, a personality fixated in the oral stage of development, which tends to be f...

n. In psychoanalysis, a persistent pattern of adjustment fixated in the oral stage of development...

n. 1. In Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, the first stage in personality development, in which the...

n. Prefrontal area situated above the orbit of the eyes. It is one of the three major divisions o...

n. 1. In repeated-measures experimental designs, the effect of different placement in the series ...

n. A quantitative scale with magnitude but lacking equal intervals or an absolute zero; used prim...

n. In social cognition, the study of how people make inferences about one another.

n. Any bodily dysfunction or disease having an identifiable physical cause. An organic mental dis...

n. A form of social order in which power and decision making for the whole group are exercised by...

n. The general experience of being in a particular business or other social group from the point ...

n. The degree to which a business or other social group is divided into differentiated units and ...

n. The distinctive pattern of attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, customs, thoughts, and values shared...

n. The perception of the degree to which a business or other social group is fair in its treatmen...

n. The branch of psychology that studies humans in the workplace and attempts to apply general ps...

n. A liquid-filled chamber within the cochlea in the inner ear which contains hair cells which ge...

n. A persistent or recurrent delay of or inability to reach orgasm despite appropriate sexual sti...

n. 1. A persistent or recurrent delay of or inability to reach orgasm despite appropriate sexual ...

n. 1. The persistent or recurrent inability to maintain an adequate penile erection for the compl...

n. An approach to psychotherapy in which it is assumed that psychological problems arise from blo...

n. A quick response to an intense or rapidly changing stimulus involving moving of the head to lo...

n. A reflexive movement after an intense or rapidly changing stimulus involving moving of the hea...

adj. 1. Uncorrelated or at right angles to. 2. In factor analysis, refers to a solution in which ...

n. In factor analysis, a solution in which the axes are uncorrelated rather than oblique and at r...

▶ See ORTHOGONAL ROTATION

n. In a factor analysis matrix, any factor which is uncorrelated with any other factor.

n. 1. The writing system of a language. 2. The spelling of words within a system of writing.

n. The preservation of health and treatment of disease by varying the concentrations of substance...

n. A multidisciplinary approach to preventive mental health that includes pediatricians, educator...

n. Thirst brought about by loss of cellular fluids, which increases osmotic pressure. Also called...

n. A hypothesized mechanism in the hypothalamus that responds to changes in the serum levels of v...

n. The diffusion of molecules in solution through a semipermeable membrane which has different co...

n. Small bone. Any small bone, such as the three tiny bones within the human ear. – AA

n. Ostracism is being ignored and excluded. The word ostracism derives from the Greeks, who used ...

n. An error in attribution of the source or reason behind an emotion. When we observe emotion in ...

n. Irrational or delusional jealousy; named after the character Othello in Shakespeare's play, wh...

adj. Of or relating to individuals whose attitudes, beliefs, goals, and values are adopted from t...

n. 1. Any person who has a significant influence on a person's self-image. 2. A spouse or other p...

n. Any one of numerous small crystals of calcium carbonate embedded in the gelatinous walls of th...

n. Self-guides are self-directive standards, which are a major source of people's emotions and mo...

n. The practice of mating with individuals outside one's normal social group, clan, nationality, ...

n. Any social group which an individual identifies as one to which he/she does not belong, which ...

n. A cognitive distortion whereby individuals tend to overemphasize both positive and negative qu...

n. A cognitive distortion in which humans have a tendency to ignore individual differences among ...

▶ See OUTGROUP HOMOGENEITY BIAS

n. A data point which is outside the usual distribution in a set of measurements and differs sign...

n. A sense of detachment from one's body and perception of one's body from a distance, usually ab...

n. Vocational and psychological assistance given persons whose employment has ended or will soon ...

n. An oval opening between the middle and inner ears which is covered with a thin membrane which ...

n. Any one of numerous very small fluid-filled sacs in the ovary in which an ovum develops. At ov...

n. Either of the two female reproductive organs which produce ova, or egg cells, as well as estro...

n. A disorder characterized by excessive, unproductive, and uncontrollable worries, restlessness,...

n. An experimental observation that most individuals have unwarranted certainty in the correctnes...

n. The use of a single category name to denote a broader range of individual things than the word...

n. In language development, the use of a grammatical rule beyond its normal range or in cases of ...

n. A reduction in the frequency or intensity of an act after a new reward for performing the act ...

n. Continued practice in memory experiments after something has been learned to a criterion. Over...

n. Misinterpreting culturally sanctioned behavior as expression of a pathological symptom.

n. A component of a complex tone which is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. Thus ...

n. An individual unfertilized female gamete or egg cell.

n. A hormone, produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, which s...