| 1. | Learned helplessness | learned helplessness The idea that animalsand peoplewho havepreviously been in a situation where they could not avoid being punished learn that they are helpless, and continue to react More… 0.3 KB |
| 2. | Learning disability | In the United States and Canada, the terms learning disability, learning disabilities, and learning disorders (LD) refer to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and More… 1.4 KB |
| 3. | Learning organization | The learning organization has its origins in companies like Shell, where Arie de Geus described learning as the only sustainable competitive advantage using the 1973 oil crisis as a More… 1.9 KB |
| 4. | Learning plateau | learning plateau A flattening of the LEARNING CURVE due to a temporary halt in learning progress. |
| 5. | Learning set | learning set Sometimes described as 'learning how to learn'; a generalised approach to problems in which animals or people carry over to a new learning situation the responses More… 0.3 KB |
| 6. | Learning styles | learning styles The different approaches people take to the process of learning based on INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES in COGNITION and PERSONALITY. |
| 7. | Learning to learn | acquiring skill at learning tasks through practice at learning. Some psychologists believe that learning to learn can account for behavior formerly classified under insight learning. |
| 8. | Leo Kanner | Leo Kanner (pronounced "Conner") (June 13, 1894 – April 3, 1981) was an Austrian psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism. Kanner's work formed the More… 1.5 KB |
| 9. | Leon Eisenberg | Leon Eisenberg (1922-), child psychiatrist and medical educator, is credited with a number of "firsts" in medicine and psychiatry - in child psychiatry, autism, and the More… 3.8 KB |
| 10. | Leon Pierce Clark | (sometimes L. Pierce Clark) (1870-1933) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He was the president of the American Psychopathological Association (APPA) during 1923 and 1924. His More… 0.7 KB |
| 11. | Lesbianism | lesbianism Female HOMOSEXUALITY. The word 'homosexual' can be applied to women because it is derived from the Greek 'homos' (same) ratherthan the Latin 'homo' More… 0.4 KB |
| 12. | Lesion | Damage to bodily tissue from accident, disease or surgery. In the study of BEHAVIOUR the term usually refers to BRAIN DAMAGE. |
| 13. | Leslie Zebrowitz | Dr. Leslie A. Zebrowitz is a social psychologist who studies the effects of the way people look on others' attitudes towards them. Her research has shown conclusively that babyfaced and More… 0.5 KB |
| 14. | Level of aspiration | level of aspiration The goals or standards of performance a person sets for himself. |
| 15. | Levels of processing | levels of processing The theory that the way in which something is perceived and processed during learning will determine how much information about it is stored in LONG-TERM MEMORY. More… 0.4 KB |
| 16. | Lewin Kurt | Lewin, Kurt (1890-1947) A student of the early GESTALT PSYCHOLOGISTS who applied some of their thinking to SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY where he pioneered the field of GROUP DYNAMICS. |
