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Psychology Terms -activity wheel
A horizontally hanging drum, capable of rotation, used for placing an animal to assess arousal or activity levels.
A horizontally hanging drum, capable of rotation, used for placing an animal to assess arousal or activity levels.
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Psychology Terms – Adaptation
1. In evolutionary theory, a characteristic of an organism's structure, physiology, or behavior that addresses a challenge in its existence or facilitates the transmission of its genes to subsequent generations. 2. In physiology and sensation, a transient decrease in the responsiveness of a sensory receptor, excluding pain receptors, due to frequent or persistent activation. Additionally referred to as sensory adaptation. 3. In the works of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980), the alteration of an organism's psychological structures or processes in reaction to environmental demands includes *accommodation (2) and *assimilation (2). Refer to equilibration as well. A broad phrase for any process via which behavior or subjective experience adapts to align with altered environments, situations, or social pressures. Frequently erroneously written or pronounced as adaptation
1. In evolutionary theory, a characteristic of an organism's structure, physiology, or behavior that addresses a challenge in its existence or facilitates the transmission of its genes to subsequent generations. 2. In physiology and sensation, a transient decrease in the responsiveness of a sensory receptor, excluding pain receptors, due to frequent or persistent activation. Additionally referred to as sensory adaptation. 3. In the works of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980), the alteration of an organism's psychological structures or processes in reaction to environmental demands includes *accommodation (2) and *assimilation (2). Refer to equilibration as well. A broad phrase for any process via which behavior or subjective experience adapts to align with altered environments, situations, or social pressures. Frequently erroneously written or pronounced as adaptation
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Psychology Terms - Adam
A prevalent street name for *ecstasy
A prevalent street name for *ecstasy
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Psychology Terms - Acute stress reaction
A kind of acute stress disorder characterized by the quick start of symptoms following exposure to a psychosocial stressor, occurring within one hour and subsiding within eight hours.
A kind of acute stress disorder characterized by the quick start of symptoms following exposure to a psychosocial stressor, occurring within one hour and subsiding within eight hours.
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Psychology Terms - Acute stress disorder
In *DSM-5, a *trauma- and stressor-related disorder that arises after exposure to a traumatic event, exhibiting a symptomatology akin to *post-traumatic stress disorder, including *dissociation (such as *dissociative amnesia, *depersonalization, *derealization), but manifesting within four weeks of the traumatic incident. Should the symptoms endure for more than four weeks, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder may be contemplated. To fulfill the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5, the traumatic incident must be consistently re-experienced through recurrent images, thoughts, dreams, illusions, flashbacks, or sensations of reliving the experience, or as discomfort when reminded of the event. There must be evidence of significant avoidance of trauma reminders, and the disruption must have persisted for a minimum of two days.
In *DSM-5, a *trauma- and stressor-related disorder that arises after exposure to a traumatic event, exhibiting a symptomatology akin to *post-traumatic stress disorder, including *dissociation (such as *dissociative amnesia, *depersonalization, *derealization), but manifesting within four weeks of the traumatic incident. Should the symptoms endure for more than four weeks, a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder may be contemplated. To fulfill the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5, the traumatic incident must be consistently re-experienced through recurrent images, thoughts, dreams, illusions, flashbacks, or sensations of reliving the experience, or as discomfort when reminded of the event. There must be evidence of significant avoidance of trauma reminders, and the disruption must have persisted for a minimum of two days.
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Psychology Terms – Acute Pain
Acute pain is intense, short-duration discomfort typically resulting from accident, surgery, dental issues, or myocardial infarction.
Acute pain is intense, short-duration discomfort typically resulting from accident, surgery, dental issues, or myocardial infarction.
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Psychology Terms - Additive model
A statistical or mathematical model wherein an effect is represented as a weighted sum of independent factors, such that the contribution of one independent variable to the effect is independent of the values of other independent variables. A quintessential illustration of a linear additive model is multiple regression
A statistical or mathematical model wherein an effect is represented as a weighted sum of independent factors, such that the contribution of one independent variable to the effect is independent of the values of other independent variables. A quintessential illustration of a linear additive model is multiple regression
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Psychology Terms - Additive colour mixing
A colour created through the amalgamation of additive primaries, or the procedure of generating such a colour. United States additive color blending.
A colour created through the amalgamation of additive primaries, or the procedure of generating such a colour. United States additive color blending.
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Psychology Terms - Additive alleles
A pair of alleles that combine to yield a heterozygote exhibiting a phenotype that is the mean of the two respective homozygotes.
A pair of alleles that combine to yield a heterozygote exhibiting a phenotype that is the mean of the two respective homozygotes.
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Psychology Terms –Addiction
Addiction is a condition of reliance on a chemical substance, particularly drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine, as well as narcotics such as morphine or heroin. It is marked by a profound physiological and/or psychological compulsion to consume the substance, despite the foreseen negative repercussions, withdrawal symptoms upon sudden cessation, and, in certain instances, drug tolerance.
Addiction is a condition of reliance on a chemical substance, particularly drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine, as well as narcotics such as morphine or heroin. It is marked by a profound physiological and/or psychological compulsion to consume the substance, despite the foreseen negative repercussions, withdrawal symptoms upon sudden cessation, and, in certain instances, drug tolerance.
