| 1. | Auditory learning | is a learning style in which a person learns most effectively by listening to information delivered orally, in lectures, speeches, and oral sessions. Auditory learners make up about 20% of More… 1.3 KB |
| 2. | August Ludwig Seebeck | Prof. Dr. phil. August Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Seebeck (1805–1849) was a scientist at the Technische Universität Dresden. Seebeck is primarily remembered for his work on sound and More… 0.6 KB |
| 3. | Austrian school | a group of psychologists under the leadership of Franz Brentano, who emphasized the study of acts as opposed to contents, Also called the Wurzburg school; a forerunner of functionalism. |
| 4. | Authoring systems | The "Intelligent tutoring system" research community uses the term authoring systems to refer to a computer based system that allows a general group (including non-programmers) to More… 1.8 KB |
| 5. | Autism | Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is More… 2.1 KB |
| 6. | Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule | The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized protocol created in 1989 for assessing social and communicative behavior associated with autism. The protocol consists of More… 1.1 KB |
| 7. | Autism Spectrum Quotient | The Autism Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, is a questionnaire published in 2001 by Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, UK. Consisting of fifty More… 1.2 KB |
| 8. | Autism spectrum | The autism spectrum, also called autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or autism spectrum conditions (ASC), with the word autistic sometimes replacing autism, is a spectrum of psychological More… 1.2 KB |
| 9. | Autocracy | An autocracy is a form of government in which the political power is held by a single, self-appointed ruler. The term autocrat is derived from the Greek word 'αυτοκράτωρ (lit. More… 2.2 KB |
| 10. | Autodidacticism | (also known as autodidactism) is self-education or self-directed learning. An autodidact is a mostly self-taught person, as opposed to learning in a school setting or from a tutor. A More… 1.1 KB |
| 11. | Autoeroticism | Sensual self-gratification. Characteristic of, but not limited to, an early state of emotional development. Includes satisfactions derived from genital play, masturbation, fantasy, and oral, More… 0.2 KB |
| 12. | Autogenic training | Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz and first published in 1932. The technique involves the daily practice of sessions that More… 1.6 KB |
| 13. | Autokinetic effect | or autokinetic illusion; the apparent or illusory movement of a spot of light in a dark room. The movement is slow and irregular, extending as much as 45 degrees from the point of origin for More… 0.2 KB |
| 14. | Autokinetic phenomenon | An illusion of movement that occurs when a stationary pinpoint of light is displayed in a totally dark room. |
| 15. | Automatic seizures | A form of psychomotor epilepsy in which actions may be carried out automatically, such as continuing to work, with later amnesia for what was performed. |
| 16. | Automatic speech | 1- The mechanical verbal repetition of consecutive words such as days of week, numbers, and various kinds of accessory expressions. 2- Speech that erupts involuntarily, or without conscious More… 0.3 KB |
| 17. | Automatic thought | an idea triggered by a particular stimulus that leads to a specific emotional response. |
| 18. | Automatic thoughts | 1- Thoughts processed without active effort. 2- In Beck’s theory, the things people picture, or tell themselves as they make their way in life. |
| 19. | Automatic writing | the act of writing without conscious awareness, as during a hypnotic trance. Purportedly can provide a therapist access to unconscious material. |
| 20. | Automatism | Automatic and apparently undirected nonpurposeful behavior that is not consciously controlled. Seen in psychomotor epilepsy. |
| 21. | Automatization | 1- The development of a skill or habit to a point where it becomes routine and requires little if any conscious effort or direction. 2- Obeying compulsive impulses automatically without More… 0.2 KB |
| 22. | Automaton | a machine that simulates human functions, such as robotic spot-welder or automatic machines that run mazes, take shortcuts, and even "choose" between goals. |
| 23. | Autonomic arousal disorder | A disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent symptoms other than pain that are mediated by the autonomic nervous system and not a part of a general medical condition. Symptoms may More… 0.6 KB |
| 24. | Autonomic nervous system | 1- The part of the nervous system that innervates the cardiovascular, digestive, reproductive, and respiratory organs. It operates outside of consciousness and controls basic life-sustaining More… 0.6 KB |
| 25. | Autophagia | Autophagia is a mental disorder, a symptom of a mental disorder, and a cellular function. As a mental disorder/symptom, Autophagia is a case in which one is compelled to inflict pain upon More… 0.8 KB |
