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Psychology Terms - Age-related memory impairment
refers to a type of cognitive loss associated with aging, characterized mostly by a natural deterioration of memory.
refers to a type of cognitive loss associated with aging, characterized mostly by a natural deterioration of memory.
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Psychology Terms - Age-related cognitive decline
refers to the normal deterioration of cognitive functions associated with the aging process.
refers to the normal deterioration of cognitive functions associated with the aging process.
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Psychology Terms - Age regression
The manifestation of behaviors typical of a prior developmental period, occasionally found in specific mental disorders. In hypnotic age regression, this transpires as a direct reaction to the hypnotist's instructions.
The manifestation of behaviors typical of a prior developmental period, occasionally found in specific mental disorders. In hypnotic age regression, this transpires as a direct reaction to the hypnotist's instructions.
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Psychology Terms - Age of acquisition
The age at which a concept or skill is initially acquired. The age of acquisition effect refers to the phenomenon wherein words and other information acquired early in life are kept more effectively than those obtained thereafter. AoA abbreviation.
The age at which a concept or skill is initially acquired. The age of acquisition effect refers to the phenomenon wherein words and other information acquired early in life are kept more effectively than those obtained thereafter. AoA abbreviation.
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Psychology Terms - agenesis of the corpus callosum
A uncommon neurological condition, readily identifiable through brain imaging, with a frequency ranging from 0.5 to 70 per 10,000 births, characterized by the partial or complete absence of the corpus callosum at birth. In the absence of further abnormalities, the associated disconnection syndrome may be minor; nevertheless, when other cerebral abnormalities are present, the illness may be accompanied with mental retardation, seizures, spasms, and hydrocephalus.
A uncommon neurological condition, readily identifiable through brain imaging, with a frequency ranging from 0.5 to 70 per 10,000 births, characterized by the partial or complete absence of the corpus callosum at birth. In the absence of further abnormalities, the associated disconnection syndrome may be minor; nevertheless, when other cerebral abnormalities are present, the illness may be accompanied with mental retardation, seizures, spasms, and hydrocephalus.
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Psychology Terms – Akathisia
A state of restless psychomotor agitation characterized by fidgeting, an inability to remain seated or stationary, pacing, or rocking from foot to foot when standing, typically as a side effect of neuroleptic treatment.
A state of restless psychomotor agitation characterized by fidgeting, an inability to remain seated or stationary, pacing, or rocking from foot to foot when standing, typically as a side effect of neuroleptic treatment.
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Psychology Terms - air theory
A concept introduced by American psychologist James Jerome Gibson (1904–79) to denote any theoretical framework of perception that elucidates perceptual processes, including object and spatial perception, independent of the contextual environment in which these perceptions occur.
A concept introduced by American psychologist James Jerome Gibson (1904–79) to denote any theoretical framework of perception that elucidates perceptual processes, including object and spatial perception, independent of the contextual environment in which these perceptions occur.
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Psychology Terms - air encephalogram
Another term for a *pneumoencephalogram.
Another term for a *pneumoencephalogram.
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Psychology Terms – Air Crib
An air crib is a sealed, electrically heated, soundproof enclosure approximately the dimensions of a standard crib, designed to accommodate an unclothed infant. One wall features a safety glass panel that can be opened akin to a window, with a curtain available to obscure light within the compartment. The floor is composed of tightly stretched, movable canvas, functioning similarly to a roller towel, which is wound on a spool located externally on one side and feeds into a wire hamper on the opposite side. Toys, such as musical boxes, may be positioned in the compartment, which safeguards the infant from airborne pathogens, dust, and allergens. A purported benefit of the air crib is that the baby's cries are nearly imperceptible from the exterior, and due to the absence of dangers within, reinforcement of crying is improbable. The apparatus was devised by American psychologist B(urrhus) F(rederic) Skinner (1904–90), who used it to rear his second daughter, Deborah, and documented the outcomes in a piece published in the Ladies Home Journal in October 1945. The technology generated much controversy; however, a 1995 research including 50 former air-crib infants and their parents showed entirely favorable outcomes. Also referred to as a Skinner crib.
An air crib is a sealed, electrically heated, soundproof enclosure approximately the dimensions of a standard crib, designed to accommodate an unclothed infant. One wall features a safety glass panel that can be opened akin to a window, with a curtain available to obscure light within the compartment. The floor is composed of tightly stretched, movable canvas, functioning similarly to a roller towel, which is wound on a spool located externally on one side and feeds into a wire hamper on the opposite side. Toys, such as musical boxes, may be positioned in the compartment, which safeguards the infant from airborne pathogens, dust, and allergens. A purported benefit of the air crib is that the baby's cries are nearly imperceptible from the exterior, and due to the absence of dangers within, reinforcement of crying is improbable. The apparatus was devised by American psychologist B(urrhus) F(rederic) Skinner (1904–90), who used it to rear his second daughter, Deborah, and documented the outcomes in a piece published in the Ladies Home Journal in October 1945. The technology generated much controversy; however, a 1995 research including 50 former air-crib infants and their parents showed entirely favorable outcomes. Also referred to as a Skinner crib.
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Psychology Terms - Aim-inhibition
refers to the characteristic of an instinct that does not attain its direct method of fulfillment or instinctual purpose, yet derives partial gratification via indirect approximations of the behavior or activity that would fulfill it. In 1921, Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) presented the concept in his work Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (Standard Edition, XVIII, pp. 69–143, at pp. 138–9) to elucidate the genesis of sociable feelings of affection, positing that if friendships and familial affection were not constrained by aim-inhibition, they would manifest as overtly sexual.
refers to the characteristic of an instinct that does not attain its direct method of fulfillment or instinctual purpose, yet derives partial gratification via indirect approximations of the behavior or activity that would fulfill it. In 1921, Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) presented the concept in his work Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (Standard Edition, XVIII, pp. 69–143, at pp. 138–9) to elucidate the genesis of sociable feelings of affection, positing that if friendships and familial affection were not constrained by aim-inhibition, they would manifest as overtly sexual.
