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Acataphasia (Akataphasia) n. the use of inappropriate or grammatically incorrect words and expressions. It is a speech disturbance frequently found in individuals with …

Acceleration n.1. an increase in speed of movement or rate of change. Compare deceleration. 2. in mathematics and statistics, the rate of change in the slope of …

Acceleration Forces forces exerted on an object by the rate of change of its velocity. In psychology, the focus is on the …

Accent n.1. in linguistics, phonetic features of an individual’s speech that are associated with geographical region or social class. The standard version of …

Acceptance n.1. a favorable attitude toward an idea, situation, person, or group. In the context of psychotherapy and counseling, it is the receptive, …

Acceptance Region the range of values for a test statistic that leads to acceptance of the null hypothesis, such that the alternative hypothesis is rejected …

Acceptance Stage the last of the five stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. It is characterized by some degree of emotional detachment, objectivity, or …

Access vb. to retrieve or recall a memory.

Accessible adj. 1. receptive or responsive to personal interaction and other external stimuli. A client in psychotherapy, for example, is thought to be …

Accessory Nerve the 11th cranial nerve, sometimes so named because one of its functions is that of serving as an accessory to the …