T's in Glossary Flashcards
task leadership
goal-orientated leadership that sets standards, organizes works, and focuses attention on goals
telegraphic speech
early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram using mostly nouns and verbs
temperament
a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
temporal lobe
portion of the cerebral cortex lying roughly above the ears; includes the auditory areas, each receiving info primarily from the opposite ear
teratogens
agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
terror-management theory
a theory of death related anxiety; explores people’s emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
testing effect
enhanced memory after retrieving info, rather than simply reading it
testosterone
the most important of male sex hormones, in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty
thalamus
the brain’s sensory switchboard, located on the top of the brain stem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas of the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla
THC
the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects including mild hallucinations
theory
an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events
theory of mind
people’s ideas about their own and others’ mental states – about their feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors these might predict
therapeutic alliance
a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client
threshold
the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
token economy
an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the tokens for various privileges or treats
tolerance
the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug’s effect
top-down processing
info processing guided by higher-level mental processes
trait
a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports
transduction
conversion of one form of energy into another
transference
the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
transgender
an umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex
two-word stage
beginning about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly in two word statements
