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A–S Reaction Study

A–S Reaction Study n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
Length:
57 words

An early personality inventory designed to measure ascendance versus submissiveness in everyday social relationships, constructed by the US psychologists Gordon W(illard) Allport...

A–S scale

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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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57 words

A scale to measure anti-Semitism (prejudice against or hostility to Jews), especially the scale first published by the German philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist ...

A/S ratio

A/S ratio abbrev.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
Length:
50 words

Association/sensation ratio, an index of the comparative *intelligence of mammalian species formulated by the Canadian psychologist Donald O(lding) Hebb...

Aaron Beck and the History of Cognitive Therapy

Aaron Beck and the History of Cognitive Therapy   Reference library

Steven D. Hollon

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of Modern Psychology

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2022
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, History
Length:
14,920 words
Cognitive therapy is based on a cognitive theory that posits that it is not just what happens to someone that determines how that person feels and what he or she tries to do about it but ... More
abacus

abacus   Reference library

Richard L. Gregory

The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Philosophy
Length:
232 words
Ancient calculating instrument in which numbers and operations (especially adding) are represented by the numbers and positions of pebbles or (later) beads on strings or wooden rods; it ... More
abaissement du niveau mental

abaissement du niveau mental  

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Science and technology, Psychology
In analytical psychology, a reduced state of concentration and attention, accompanied by a loosening of inhibitions and relaxation of restraints, in which unexpected contents may emerge from the ...
abaissement du niveau mental

abaissement du niveau mental n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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82 words
In *analytical psychology, a reduced state of concentration and attention, accompanied by a loosening of inhibitions and relaxation of restraints, in which unexpected contents may emerge ... More
abasia

abasia  

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Inability to walk. Compare dysbasia. [From Greek a- without  +  basis a step, from bainein to step or go  +  -ia indicating a condition or quality]
abasia

abasia n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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28 words

Inability to walk. Compare dysbasia. [From Greek a- without + basis a step, from bainein to step or go + ...

abbreviated reaction time

abbreviated reaction time n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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11 words

Another name for *central reaction time.

ABC

ABC  

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1 A model used in rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) for analysing a client's problems systematically into: A, the activating event; B, the mediating evaluative beliefs; and C, behavioural and ...
ABC

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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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72 words

1. A model used in *rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) for analysing a client's problems systematically into: ...

abderite

abderite n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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22 words

A simpleton. [Named after Abdera, a town in the ancient country of Thrace whose inhabitants were reputed to be stupid]...

abducens nerve

abducens nerve  

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Science and technology, Psychology
Either of the sixth pair of cranial nerves controlling the lateral rectus muscles of the eyes, turning the eye outwards for a sidelong direction of gaze. Paralysis of this nerve causes convergent ...
abducens nerve

abducens nerve n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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62 words
Either of the sixth pair of *cranial nerves controlling the lateral *rectus muscles of the eyes, turning the eye outwards for a sidelong direction of gaze. Paralysis of this nerve causes ... More
aberration

aberration  

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1 A deviation from what is normal, usual, or right. See also chromosomal aberration.2 A temporary lapse of behaviour or mental function. 3 A defect of the crystalline lens of the eye, or of any other ...
aberration

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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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156 words
1. A deviation from what is normal, usual, or right. See also chromosomal aberration. 2. A temporary lapse of behaviour or mental ... More
ability

ability n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
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Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
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61 words
Developed skill, competence, or power to do something, especially (in psychology) existing capacity to perform some function, whether physical, mental, or a combination of the two, without ... More
ability test

ability test  

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A test that measures a person's current level of performance or that estimates future performance. The term sometimes denotes an achievement test, sometimes an aptitude test, and sometimes an ...
ability test

ability test n.   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Science and technology, Psychology, Medicine and health, Psychiatry
Length:
37 words

A test that measures a person's current level of performance or that estimates future performance. The term sometimes denotes an ...

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