| 3001. | Yellow sighted | pertaining to a pathological condition in which there is a heightened sensitivity to yellow. |
| 3002. | Yerkes Dodson law | The theory that task performance is an inverted U-shaped function of emotional arousal. Performance is enhanced by moderate (presumedly anxious) arousal conditions and is reduced at low and More… 0.6 KB |
| 3003. | Yerkes bridges point scale | an early adaptation of the Binet scale utilizing points instead of months of mental age. |
| 3004. | Yerkes-Dodson Law | Is an empirical relationship between arousal and performance, originally developed by psychologists, Robert M. Yerkes and J. D. Dodson in 1908.The law dictates that performance increases More… 2.0 KB |
| 3005. | Yezidism | The Yazidi (or Yezidi, Kurdish: ئێزیدی or Êzidî, Arabic: يزيدي or ايزدي, Assyrian/Syriac: ܓ̰ܠܟܝܐ) is a Kurdish religion with ancient Indo-Iranian roots. Yazidis are primarily Kurdish More… 0.7 KB |
| 3006. | Yohimbine | Yohimbine, known as the antiquated names quebrachin, aphrodin, corynine, yohimvetol and hydroergotocin, is a purported aphrodisiac.The NIH states that Yohimbine hydrochloride is the More… 3.8 KB |
| 3007. | Young adult | According to Erik Erikson's stages of human development, first enumerated in Childhood and Society (1950) a young adult is generally a person between the ages of 20 and 39, whereas an More… 0.5 KB |
| 3008. | Youthism | the view that youths possess the same rights as adults. |
| 3009. | Zeitgeist | The German word for the trends of thought and feeling of culture and taste of a specific time period. |
| 3010. | Zen Buddhism | A fusion of Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism, practiced chiefly in China and Japan. It places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and 'seeing deeply into the nature of More… 0.3 KB |
| 3011. | Zener cards | Cards used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception (ESP), most often clairvoyance. Perceptual psychologist Karl Zener designed the cards in the early 1930s for experiments More… 3.2 KB |
| 3012. | Zero order | pertaining to correlation coefficients computed from data in which neither variable has been held constant. The topical product-moment correlation coefficient is a zero-order correlation. More… 0.2 KB |
| 3013. | Zero risk bias | It occurs when individuals value complete elimination of a risk, however small, to a reduction in a greater risk which is a greater reduction but which does not eliminate that risk entirely. More… 1.3 KB |
| 3014. | Zero-defects mentality | A zero-defects mentality exists when a command-and-control structure does not tolerate mistakes. This atmosphere is widely acknowledged to be ineffective in military and corporate life. The More… 0.6 KB |
| 3015. | Ziwo yixiang | A Chinese language translation for the Western psychology term "self image". In China, particularly in mainland China, a positive self image is regarded as an undesirable state. It More… 0.9 KB |
| 3016. | Zollner illusion | an illusion of visual space perception in which parallel lines intersected by numerous short diagonal lines slanting in the opposite direction seem to diverge. See also: Illusion |
| 3017. | Zolpidem | Zolpidem is a prescription medication used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, as well as some brain disorders. It is a short-acting nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic that potentiates More… 2.1 KB |
| 3018. | Zoophobia or animal phobia | May have one of two closely related meanings: a generic term for the class of specific phobias to particular animals, or an irrational fear or even simply dislike of any non-human More… 0.7 KB |
| 3019. | Zoroastrianism | Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster, after whom the religion is named. The term Zoroastrianism is, in general usage, More… 0.7 KB |
| 3020. | Zuclopenthixol | Zuclopenthixol (marketed as Cisordinol, Clopixol or Acuphase) is a typical antipsychotic neuroleptic drug of the thioxanthene group. It mainly acts by antagonism of D1 and D2 dopamine More… 1.2 KB |
| 3021. | Zurich school | the name given to the followers of Carl jung, who founded his system in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 3022. | Zygote | a cell formed by the union of two gametes or sex cell. |
| 3023. | biased sample | Term used in social surveys or any area where a conclusion is to be made about a large population. The sample of the population being studied is considered biased if it is unrepresentative More… 0.3 KB |
| 3024. | coitus | Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense, is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals) enters the female reproductive tract, called copulationor More… 1.8 KB |
| 3025. | feeble-minded | This terms was used from the late 19th century through the early 20th century as a loose description of a variety of mental deficiencies, including what would now be considered mental More… 1.7 KB |
