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Noncontingent schedule of reinforcement refers to a schedule in which the reinforcer is delivered independently of any response.
Noncorporeal continuation refers to the view that some form of life continues after the death of the physical body.
Noncorresponding points refer to two (2) points, one on each retina, that would not overlap if the retinas were slid into each other.
Noncorresponding points is also called Disparate points.
Nondeclarative memory refers to the knowledge that is implicit and inaccessible to conscious recall or verbalization. This form of memory is demonstrated through performance (e.g., ri
Nondeterminism refers to the belief that human Thought or Behavior is freely chosen by the individual and is therefore not caused by antecedent physical or mental events.
Nondirectional hypothesis refers to a tentative prediction that the levels of an independent variable will cause a change in a dependent variable, but not predicting the direction of that change.
Nondisjunction refers to the failure of the 21st pair of the mother’s chromosomes to separate during Meiosis. In most Down syndrome cases, the extra chromosome results from this failure of the chromosomes to separate.