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Psychology Terms - alpha male
The highest-ranked male individual within a dominance hierarchy, hook order, or pecking order. Also denoted as alpha male.
The highest-ranked male individual within a dominance hierarchy, hook order, or pecking order. Also denoted as alpha male.
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Psychology Terms - Alpha function
In psychoanalysis, a term coined by Indian-born British psychoanalyst Wilfred R(uprecht) Bion (1897–1979) to describe the process through which the unprocessed components of sensory experience, referred to as beta elements, are converted into elements appropriate for mental assimilation, known as alpha elements.
In psychoanalysis, a term coined by Indian-born British psychoanalyst Wilfred R(uprecht) Bion (1897–1979) to describe the process through which the unprocessed components of sensory experience, referred to as beta elements, are converted into elements appropriate for mental assimilation, known as alpha elements.
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Psychology Terms - alpha-fetoprotein
A protein synthesized in the liver of a human fetus. Abnormally low concentrations of amniotic fluid or maternal blood may suggest Down syndrome in the fetus, whereas abnormally high levels may indicate spina bifida.
A protein synthesized in the liver of a human fetus. Abnormally low concentrations of amniotic fluid or maternal blood may suggest Down syndrome in the fetus, whereas abnormally high levels may indicate spina bifida.
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Psychology Terms - Alpha fibre
A large-diameter, heavily myelinated type of efferent somatic nerve fibre, exemplified by the fibre innervating skeletal muscle, comprised of alpha motor neurons and characterized by high conduction velocity. United States alpha fiber. Also referred to as α fibre.
A large-diameter, heavily myelinated type of efferent somatic nerve fibre, exemplified by the fibre innervating skeletal muscle, comprised of alpha motor neurons and characterized by high conduction velocity. United States alpha fiber. Also referred to as α fibre.
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Psychology Terms - alpha element
In psychoanalysis, a phrase used by Indian-born British psychotherapist Wilfred R. Bion (1897–1979) to refer to any mental component that can be transformed by the alpha function into a beta element.
In psychoanalysis, a phrase used by Indian-born British psychotherapist Wilfred R. Bion (1897–1979) to refer to any mental component that can be transformed by the alpha function into a beta element.
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Psychology Terms - Alpha blocking
The inhibition of the alpha wave in an EEG recording of an individual who is focused on or concentrating on a task.
The inhibition of the alpha wave in an EEG recording of an individual who is focused on or concentrating on a task.
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Psychology Terms - Alogia
Essentially devoid of words, but typically (in reference to one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, for instance) interpreted as a deficiency of cognition deduced from poverty of speech or content.
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Essentially devoid of words, but typically (in reference to one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, for instance) interpreted as a deficiency of cognition deduced from poverty of speech or content.
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Psychology Terms – Allomorph
A variable form of a same morpheme that occurs under diverse conditions, shown by the several forms of the negative prefix in- in the words indirect, irreducible, unlikely, and ignoble.
A variable form of a same morpheme that occurs under diverse conditions, shown by the several forms of the negative prefix in- in the words indirect, irreducible, unlikely, and ignoble.
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Psychology Terms – Allomone
A category of chemical molecules that serve communicative roles, excreted externally by an organism, influencing the behavior or physiology of individuals from one or more other species.
A category of chemical molecules that serve communicative roles, excreted externally by an organism, influencing the behavior or physiology of individuals from one or more other species.
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Psychology Terms - Allport–Vernon–Lindzey Study of Values
A test intended to assess the comparative strengths of the six fundamental values delineated by German psychologist and educator Eduard Spranger (1882–1963) in his work Lebensformen (1914, English edition Types of Men, 1928), specifically theoretical, economic, artistic, social, political, and religious values. The assessment comprises a series of multiple-choice questions regarding various activities or occupations, from which the respondent selects those they find most intriguing. It is frequently seen as fundamentally a *interest inventory. Also referred to as the Study of Values. [The assessment is named after the American psychologist Gordon W. Allport (1897–1967), the English psychologist Philip E. Vernon (1905–87), and the American psychologist Gardner Lindzey (1920–2008), who collaboratively published its revised edition in 1951, following an initial version released by Allport and Vernon in 1931.]
A test intended to assess the comparative strengths of the six fundamental values delineated by German psychologist and educator Eduard Spranger (1882–1963) in his work Lebensformen (1914, English edition Types of Men, 1928), specifically theoretical, economic, artistic, social, political, and religious values. The assessment comprises a series of multiple-choice questions regarding various activities or occupations, from which the respondent selects those they find most intriguing. It is frequently seen as fundamentally a *interest inventory. Also referred to as the Study of Values. [The assessment is named after the American psychologist Gordon W. Allport (1897–1967), the English psychologist Philip E. Vernon (1905–87), and the American psychologist Gardner Lindzey (1920–2008), who collaboratively published its revised edition in 1951, following an initial version released by Allport and Vernon in 1931.]
