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Question 1

A-B Variable

Answer 1

a variable that describes the effectiveness of therapists with schizophrenic or neurotic patients. “A” therapists work best with schizophrenics, and “B” therapists work best with neurotics

Question 2

Ability

Answer 2

possessing the necessary skills to perform a specific act at the present time, as opposed to aptitude (having the potential to perform with additional training)

Question 3

Ability Tests

Answer 3

subdivided into tests of aptitude and achievement, ability tests are designed to measure individual differences in knowledge and skills to determine what a person can do

Question 4

Ablation

Answer 4

removal of a body part for the purpose of studying it

Question 5

Abnormal Behavior

Answer 5

behavior which creates a problem for the individual and/or for society. abnormal behavior is often maladaptive to the individual’s functioning in society

Question 6

Abortion

Answer 6

a spontaneous or induced expulsion of the fetus usually prior to the twentieth week of pregnancy

Question 7

Abreaction

Answer 7

a term uses by Breuer and Freud to describe a patient’s, sometimes violent, expression of a repressed emotion during hypnosis. this release of strangulated affect is synonymous with catharsis

Question 8

Abscissa

Answer 8

the x-axis, or horizontal axis of a graph. the independent variable is plotted on the abscissa

Question 9

Absolute Refractory Period

Answer 9

a brief period toward the end of neural stimulation during which the nerve cannot be restimulated

Question 10

Absolute Threshold

Answer 10

the lowest level of intensity of a stimulus at which its presence or absence can be correctly detected 50% of the time

Question 11

Abstract Intelligence

Answer 11

the ability to deal effectively with ideas expressed in symbols such as words, numbers, pictures, or diagrams

Question 12

Accommodation (Vision)

Answer 12

the changes of lens shape or curvature that produce sharpened retinal images of objects at varying distance from the eye

Question 13

Accommodation (Piaget)

Answer 13

the adaptive modification of the child’s cognitive structures in order to deal with new objects or experiences (see assimilation)

Question 14

Acculturation

Answer 14

the learning of behaviors and attitudes one is expected to adopt as a member of a particular culture

Question 15

Acetylcholine

Answer 15

an acid that acts as an excitatory substance to facilitate neural transmission at many synapses and neuromuscular junctions