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assurance |
Noun
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a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something |
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assurance |
Noun
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a British term for some kinds of insurance |
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auditory perception |
Noun
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the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
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aesthesis |
Noun
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an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
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arriere pensee |
Noun
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an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly |
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absolute threshold |
Noun
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the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
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absorption |
Noun
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the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
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absorption |
Noun
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complete attention |
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absorption |
Noun
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(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another |
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absorption |
Noun
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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
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absorption |
Noun
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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
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absorption |
Noun
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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
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awareness |
Noun
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having knowledge of |
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awareness |
Noun
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state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness |
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abstractedness |
Noun
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preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else |
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absentmindedness |
Noun
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preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored |
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aesthesia |
Noun
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mental responsiveness and awareness |
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attention span |
Noun
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the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity |
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advertence |
Noun
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the process of being heedful |
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advertency |
Noun
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the process of being heedful |
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acidulousness |
Noun
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the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth |
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astringence |
Noun
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a sharp astringent taste |
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assimilation |
Noun
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in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance |
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assimilation |
Noun
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the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
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assimilation |
Noun
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a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound |
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assimilation |
Noun
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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
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assimilation |
Noun
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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
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assimilation |
Noun
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the state of being assimilated |
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aversive conditioning |
Noun
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conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus |
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attribution |
Noun
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assigning to a cause or source |
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attribution |
Noun
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assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
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ascription |
Noun
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assigning to a cause or source |
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ascription |
Noun
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assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
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acid test |
Noun
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a rigorous or crucial appraisal |
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animatism |
Noun
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the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones |
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anamnesis |
Noun
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the ability to recall past occurrences |
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anamnesis |
Noun
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the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
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agglutination test |
Noun
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a blood test used to identify unknown antigens |
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anthropomorphism |
Noun
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the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits |
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audio lingual acquisition |
Noun
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system of language acquisition focusing intensively on listening and speaking |
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alchemy |
Noun
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a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times |
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alchemy |
Noun
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the way two individuals relate to each other |
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air castle |
Noun
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absentminded dreaming while awake |
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abstract thought |
Noun
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thinking that is coherent and logical |
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analytic thinking |
Noun
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the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
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argumentation |
Noun
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a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood |
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argumentation |
Noun
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a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
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argument |
Noun
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a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood |
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argument |
Noun
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a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable |
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argument |
Noun
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(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program |