Glossary I

Glossary I

Internal carotid arteries refer to two (2) of the four (4) major arteries to the brain, supplying the anterior portions of the brain.

Internal cause is a cause of behavior assumed to lie within a person, for instance, a need, preference, or personality trait.

Internal consistency refers to the extent to which test items are interrelated and thus appear to measure the same construct.

Internal consistency reliability refers to the extent to which the items of a test "hang together" most usually assessed by computing Cronbach's alpha

Internal Discord refers to contradictory positions, lack of harmony between thoughts, ideas, feelings, values, and beliefs.

Internal frames of reference is a term used when a child compares how well he/she can perform in one domain versus another.

Internal justification refers to the reduction of dissonance by changing something about oneself, for example changing one's attitude or behavior

Internal lexicon refers to the storage of lexical information in memory.