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n. A normally distributed set of scores with an average of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 often ...

Zanforlin illusion

n. An illusion in which a line drawn between the outsides of two circles appears to be longer tha...

Zeigarnik effect

n. The observation that problems which have been interrupted and not completed are better remembe...

Zeitgeber

n. An environmental cue such as a sunrise used to activate or calibrate circadian and other biolo...

zeitgeist

n. The spirit of the times; used to denote a shared mentality or worldview common to a particular...

Zen Buddhism

n. A school of Buddhism which began in about the sixth or seventh century C.E. in China and later...

Zener cards

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

zenith distance

n. The direction of a point or object in the visual field relative to a point directly overhead.

zero population growth

n. 1. A balance between births and deaths in a group of animals such that the population remains ...

zero-sum game

n. Any game in which the gains and losses of the various players add up to 0 so that for every ga...

zeta

n. A measure of the linearity of a relationship on which a regression analysis has been performed.

Zipf curve

n. A graphical representation of the frequency with which something occurs and the total number o...

Zipf's law

n. 1. The observation that in natural languages there is a power relation between frequency of us...

Zollner illusion

n. A visual illusion in which several parallel lines appear to converge and diverge when crossed ...

Zoloft

n. The brand name for sertraline hydrochloride, which acts as a selective serotonin reuptake inhi...

zone of proximal development

n. In the sociocultural developmental theories of Lev Vigotsky, the actual level of ability of a ...

zooerasty

n. The practice of having sexual intercourse with nonhuman animals. Also called bestiality.

zoosemiotics

n. The study of animal communication systems.

z score

n. A transformed score which has had the average of a set of scores subtracted from it and the re...

z transformation

n. The process of converting scores into standard scores.

Zurich school

n. The group of early followers of Carl Jung based in Zurich after Jung's split with Sigmund Freu...

Zwaardemaker olfactometer

n. A glass tube open on both ends, one of which was inserted in the nostril while the other was c...

Zwaardemaker smell system

n. A classification system for describing odors in which there are nine primary odors, ethereal, ...

zygote

n. A fertilized ovum with two half-sets of chromosomes, one-half contributed by the mother and on...