Psychology Glossary

The Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) refers to the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency)  virus (HIV) that attacks the immune system and leaves the person susceptible to unusual infections.

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Protective factor refers to a variable that precedes a negative outcome of interest and decreases the chances that the outcome will occur.

Node of Ranvier is defined as:

1. short unmyelinated section of Axon between segments of myelin

2. regular gaps along the Axon where the myelin is interrupted

3. gaps that oc

- Heraclitus (ca. 540 to 480 B.C.) : Heraclitus refers to the sixth century B.C. Greek philosopher who referred to the mind as an enormous space whose Boundaries could never be reached.

Heraclitus also suggested fire as the