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Psychology Terms - Actigraphy
A method for observing human activity with an actigraph or activity monitor that quantifies gross motor activity by incessantly documenting significant movements of a physical region, such as the hip or wrist. It is beneficial for assessing an individual's potential caloric expenditure and for investigating dyssomnias, eating disorders, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Software programs exist for utilizing phones as actigraphs.
A method for observing human activity with an actigraph or activity monitor that quantifies gross motor activity by incessantly documenting significant movements of a physical region, such as the hip or wrist. It is beneficial for assessing an individual's potential caloric expenditure and for investigating dyssomnias, eating disorders, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Software programs exist for utilizing phones as actigraphs.
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Psychology Terms - ACT* abbreviation (pronounced act-star)
Adaptive Control of Thought is an updated iteration of a network model of information processing initially proposed in 1976 by Canadian-born American psychologist John R(obert) Anderson (born 1947). It comprises two separate long-term memory stores: (a) declarative memory, represented by a semantic network of interconnected concepts denoted by nodes, encompassing declarative knowledge, which constitutes the active component of the declarative memory system known as working memory; and (b) procedural memory, represented by a production system, containing the system's procedural knowledge.
Adaptive Control of Thought is an updated iteration of a network model of information processing initially proposed in 1976 by Canadian-born American psychologist John R(obert) Anderson (born 1947). It comprises two separate long-term memory stores: (a) declarative memory, represented by a semantic network of interconnected concepts denoted by nodes, encompassing declarative knowledge, which constitutes the active component of the declarative memory system known as working memory; and (b) procedural memory, represented by a production system, containing the system's procedural knowledge.
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Psychology Terms – Acrotomorphilia
A paraphilia defined by persistent sexually stimulating fantasies, sexual desires, or behaviors related to a partner with an amputated leg. It is present in both heterosexual and homosexual men and women and must be distinctly differentiated from apotemnophilia. Individuals with acrotomorphilia frequently identify as devoted.
A paraphilia defined by persistent sexually stimulating fantasies, sexual desires, or behaviors related to a partner with an amputated leg. It is present in both heterosexual and homosexual men and women and must be distinctly differentiated from apotemnophilia. Individuals with acrotomorphilia frequently identify as devoted.
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Psychology Terms - Acroparaesthesia
A chronic sensation of numbness, tingling, or prickling in the extremities (hands or feet), occasionally resulting from nerve compression or inflammation in the affected region.
A chronic sensation of numbness, tingling, or prickling in the extremities (hands or feet), occasionally resulting from nerve compression or inflammation in the affected region.
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Psychology Terms - Acronym Method
A mnemonic device utilizing acronyms.
A mnemonic device utilizing acronyms.
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Psychology Terms – Acromegaly
The enlargement of bones in the cranium, hands, and feet, resulting from an overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland, occasionally linked to cerebral gigantism.
The enlargement of bones in the cranium, hands, and feet, resulting from an overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland, occasionally linked to cerebral gigantism.
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Psychology Terms – Acrolect
The most esteemed variant of a language within a speech community, exemplified as Received Pronunciation in Britain.
The most esteemed variant of a language within a speech community, exemplified as Received Pronunciation in Britain.
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Psychology Terms - Acquired similarity
A propensity for elements that were first regarded as dissimilar to be recognized as identical due to learning to utilize them for the same function or to categorize them under the same classification or label. In Japanese, /r/ and /l/ are allophones that do not convey distinct meanings for different words, resulting in Japanese speakers often being unable to differentiate between them. This presents challenges for native Japanese speakers of English, as /r/ and /l/ serve to distinguish minimal pairs such as "right" and "light" and are thus considered different phonemes in English.
A propensity for elements that were first regarded as dissimilar to be recognized as identical due to learning to utilize them for the same function or to categorize them under the same classification or label. In Japanese, /r/ and /l/ are allophones that do not convey distinct meanings for different words, resulting in Japanese speakers often being unable to differentiate between them. This presents challenges for native Japanese speakers of English, as /r/ and /l/ serve to distinguish minimal pairs such as "right" and "light" and are thus considered different phonemes in English.
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Psychology Terms - Acquired dyslexia
One of the two primary classifications of dyslexia, this variant of the disorder arises directly from cerebral injury, typically affecting the left hemisphere of the brain.
One of the two primary classifications of dyslexia, this variant of the disorder arises directly from cerebral injury, typically affecting the left hemisphere of the brain.
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Psychology Terms - Absence
The state or condition of being distant from a location. In abnormal psychology and neurology, a transient episode of diminished attention or consciousness, frequently accompanied by amnesia for the duration of the episode, typical of mild (previously termed petit mal) epilepsy. Contrast tonic–clonic.
The state or condition of being distant from a location. In abnormal psychology and neurology, a transient episode of diminished attention or consciousness, frequently accompanied by amnesia for the duration of the episode, typical of mild (previously termed petit mal) epilepsy. Contrast tonic–clonic.
