Glossary of terms used on this site
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TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test |
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temperament |
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innate traits that influence how one thinks, behaves, and reacts with the environment |
temperament |
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how a person reacts to the world, including their activity level, starting when they are very young |
temporal lobe |
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part of cerebral cortex associated with hearing, memory, emotion, and some aspects of language; contains primary auditory cortex |
teratogen |
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biological, chemical, or physical environmental agent that causes damage to the developing embryo or fetus |
terminal button |
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thalamus |
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sensory relay for the brain |
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) |
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projective test in which people are presented with ambiguous images, and they then make up stories to go with the images in an effort to uncover their unconscious, desires, fears, and struggles |
theory |
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well-developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for observed phenomena |
theory of evolution by natural selection |
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states that organisms that are better suited for their environments will survive and reproduce compared to those that are poorly suited for their environments |
theta wave |
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type of low frequency, high amplitude brain wave characteristic of stage 1 and stage 2 sleep |
threshold of excitation |
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level of charge in the membrane that causes the neuron to become active |
thyroid |
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secretes hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and appetite |
tolerance |
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state of requiring increasing quantities of the drug to gain the desired effect |
traits |
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characteristic ways of behaving |