Glossary A

Glossary A

"Astronomer" refers to a scientist who studies celestial objects and phenomena, while psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and behavior.

Asylum literally refers to a place of refuge or safety. The term was originally used to describe a psychiatric facility and later came to have negative connotations.

Asymmetrical transfer also called Carryover effect. Carryover Effect refers to the relatively permanent effect that testing subjects in one condition has on their later behavior in another condition

Asymptomatic means without recognizable symptoms or having no symptoms.

Asymptote refers to the imaginary line that a negatively accelerated function approaches as it flattens out.

Asynchronous growth means imbalanced growth, such as the growth that occurs during the early part of adolescence and causes many adolescents to appear gawky.

At risk refers to a state of vulnerability to a particular health problem by virtue of heredity, health practices, or family environment.

Atavism refers to a concept used by Cesare Lombroso to suggest that criminals are physiological throwbacks to earlier stages of human evolution. This is a term derived from the Latin term