A questionnaire about a person’s interests which is matched with the reported interests of people in different vocations.

Something that is not quite CONSCIOUS but can readily be made conscious. The term is most often used in a physiological sense, to denote an area of the continuum running from full conscious AWARENESS to deep sleep. Its PSYCHOANALYTIC equivalent is the PRECONSCIOUS. but not the UNCONSCIOUS with which it is popularly confused.

The PHILOSOPHY that the practical usefulness of something is the sole criterion of its value, a philosophy that has greatly hindered the advance of understanding in the study of human BEHAVIOUR.

See ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.

Unintentional distortion in remembering previous experiences which is not considered to be caused by UNCONSCIOUS influences.

A surgical technique for severing the connections between the BRAIN hemispheres to relieve, for example, severe epileptic seizures. People who have undergone this operation lose the ability to integrate sensations from both halves of the body and to coordinate the movements of limbs on both sides. There is no communication between the two halves of the brain. But it appears as though each half takes on the functions of the whole brain, resulting in two separate and independent brains and a double MIND. These effects are entirely the results of a physical operation and have nothing whatever to do with such psychological PHENOMENA as DUAL. MULTIPLE or SPLIT PERSONALITY or SCHIZOPHRENIA.

Where the learning achieved in one situation is transferred to another situation. This can be positive (knowing Spanish aids the learning of Italian) or sometimes negative (knowing how to steer a car is detrimental to steering a boat with a tiller). See LEARNING SET

An anthropological term for a mystic or medicine man who deals with the supernatural for a living.

An area of the BRAIN particularly associated with the ability to speak. See also BROCA’S AREA and WERNICKE’S AREA.

Any enduring characteristic of a person.