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Psychology Terms - Action slip
An inadvertent action or sequence of behaviors, typically arising from a lapse in attention due to absent-mindedness, and generally involves open-loop control of an action that necessitates closed-loop control for proper execution.
An inadvertent action or sequence of behaviors, typically arising from a lapse in attention due to absent-mindedness, and generally involves open-loop control of an action that necessitates closed-loop control for proper execution.
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Psychology Terms - activated gene
A gene whose expression has been augmented by a gene activator.
A gene whose expression has been augmented by a gene activator.
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Psychology Terms - activating event
In rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), a belief regarding an event that has occurred, is occurring, or is anticipated to occur, which provokes illogical thoughts resulting in emotional difficulties.
In rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), a belief regarding an event that has occurred, is occurring, or is anticipated to occur, which provokes illogical thoughts resulting in emotional difficulties.
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Psychology Terms – activator gene
A regulator gene that produces a gene activator, which binds to a gene operator and amplifies the expression of a structural gene by augmenting the synthesis of its protein product.
A regulator gene that produces a gene activator, which binds to a gene operator and amplifies the expression of a structural gene by augmenting the synthesis of its protein product.
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Psychology Terms - Active analysis
A method of psychoanalysis wherein the analyst provides frequent interpretations.
A method of psychoanalysis wherein the analyst provides frequent interpretations.
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Psychology Terms - Active avoidance conditioning
It refers to the process of learning to behave in a manner that prevents the occurrence of a punitive or aversive stimuli, exemplified by a rat being trained to leap over a barrier upon the illumination of a light to evade an impending electric shock. Also referred to as active avoidance learning.
It refers to the process of learning to behave in a manner that prevents the occurrence of a punitive or aversive stimuli, exemplified by a rat being trained to leap over a barrier upon the illumination of a light to evade an impending electric shock. Also referred to as active avoidance learning.
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Psychology Terms - Active imagination
In analytical psychology, a word coined by Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) during the Tavistock lectures in London in 1935, referring to a process that permits fantasies to unfold freely, akin to dreaming with open eyes. He had already elucidated the concept, albeit not the nomenclature.
In analytical psychology, a word coined by Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) during the Tavistock lectures in London in 1935, referring to a process that permits fantasies to unfold freely, akin to dreaming with open eyes. He had already elucidated the concept, albeit not the nomenclature.
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Psychology Terms – Active Techniques
In psychoanalysis, a collection of technical procedures introduced by Hungarian psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi (1873–1933) at the 1920 Psychoanalytic Congress in The Hague, with the endorsement of Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), wherein the analyst is urged to transcend mere interpretation and, at times, to provide directives and prohibitions to patients.
In psychoanalysis, a collection of technical procedures introduced by Hungarian psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi (1873–1933) at the 1920 Psychoanalytic Congress in The Hague, with the endorsement of Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), wherein the analyst is urged to transcend mere interpretation and, at times, to provide directives and prohibitions to patients.
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Psychology Terms - Active transport
refers to the translocation of particles across an electrochemical potential gradient, exemplified as the migration of sodium ions across a cell membrane from an area of low concentration to one of high concentration. This process necessitates metabolic energy and is facilitated by enzymes, sometimes referred to as pumps when performing this role.
refers to the translocation of particles across an electrochemical potential gradient, exemplified as the migration of sodium ions across a cell membrane from an area of low concentration to one of high concentration. This process necessitates metabolic energy and is facilitated by enzymes, sometimes referred to as pumps when performing this role.
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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.
