| 1. | U fibers | short fibers connecting adjacent gyri in the cerebral cortex. see A beta fibers |
| 2. | Ugo Cerletti | Ugo Cerletti (Sep 26, 1877 - Jul 25, 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatry. Cerletti came to the first use of electroshock for More… 3.1 KB |
| 3. | Ulf-Dietrich Dr | Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips is currently an assistant of Prof. Klaus Jonas and lecturer ('Oberassistent') at the Psychology Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is More… 0.6 KB |
| 4. | Ulric Neisser | (born 8 December 1928) is an American psychologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a faculty member at Cornell University. In 1995, he headed an American Psychological More… 2.8 KB |
| 5. | Ultradian | Rhythms are recurrent periods or cycles repeated throughout a 24-hour circadian day. (In contrast, infradian rhythms have periods longer than a day, for example the human menstrual More… 0.9 KB |
| 6. | Ultrafinitism | In the philosophy of mathematics, ultrafinitism, or ultraintuitionism, is a form of finitism. Like other strict finitists, ultrafinitists deny the existence of the infinite set N of natural More… 2.0 KB |
| 7. | Ultrasound | The use of controlled sound waves to visualize internal organs. This procedure is used in place of x-rays in certain diagnostic situations. |
| 8. | Unambivalent | (in psychoanalysis); not opposite in kind or nature--commonly applied to two motives or affects existing in the same person, as love and respect. In contrast, love and hate for a single More… 0.3 KB |
| 9. | Uncertainty avoidance | A national culture attribute refering to the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them. |
| 10. | Uncertainty factor | In psychological esthetics, a term used to describe subject's responses to a work of art that include high positive ratings on simple-complex and clear-indefinite scales, and high More… 0.3 KB |
| 11. | Unconditional positive regard | A term used by the Humanist school of psychology. Humanist psychologists believe that by showing the client unconditional positive regard and acceptance, the therapist is providing the best More… 1.3 KB |
| 12. | Unconscious | Unconscious: 1.(adj.) characterizing an activity for know the reason or motive for the act.2.(adj.) pertaining to the state of an individual who has suffered a loss of consciousness, such as More… 0.3 KB |
| 13. | Undifferentiated | Undifferentiated: pertaining to tissues that have not yet developed into characteristic forms and structures ac-cording to their hereditary potential . |
| 14. | Unilateral ECT | Electroconvulsive therapy in which electrodes are placed on one side of the forehead so that current passes through only one brain hemisphere. |
| 15. | Unipolar depression | A term applied to the disorder of individuals who have experienced episodes of depression but not mania. Referred to as major depression in DSM-IV. |
| 16. | United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy | The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) exists to promote and maintain high standards in the practice of psychotherapy for the benefit of the public, throughout the United More… 2.3 KB |
| 17. | Unpleasantness | Unpleasantness: (titchener) with pleasantness, one of two poles of feeling or affective tone. unpleasantness is characterized by dislike and ambient behavior; pleasantness by adient More… 0.2 KB |
| 18. | Unreliable | not consistent; unable to meet a criterion of reliability. In the use of the correlation coefficient between split halves of tests or for testretest, psychologists usually demand coefficient More… 0.2 KB |
| 19. | Unstructured stimulus | |
| 20. | Unstructured view | Meeting between a clinician and a client or a client's associate(s) that consists of open-ended, general questions that are particular to each person interviewed. |
| 21. | Urethral complex | A term introduced by Murray to denote a psychological state between Freudian oral and anal stages of development. The urethral complex personality is characterized by an overly ambitious, More… 0.3 KB |
| 22. | Urethral phase | by Sigmund Freud; A stage of psychological development that represents a transition from the anal to the phallic stage with some characteristics of both stages. Characterized by conflicts More… 0.4 KB |
| 23. | Urie Bronfenbrenner | (Born : Apr 29, 1917 / September 25, 2005); a renowned American psychologist, known for developing his Ecological Systems Theory, and as a co-founder of the Head Start program in the United More… 4.5 KB |
| 24. | Utilitarianism | Is the idea that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility, that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as summed among all persons. It More… 1.6 KB |
| 25. | Utopianism | the many various social and political movements, and a significant body of religious and secular literature, based upon the idea that paradise is achievable on earth. |