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labelling(social) Describes some aspect of an individual’s condition such that it becomes a way of defining that individual’s relationship with the rest of the world. | |
lateralisationThe asymmetrical distribution of function between the two hemispheres of the brain, e.g. localisation of language in the left hemisphere. | |
laudanumA mixture containing opium, which was widely available in Britain in the Victorian period. | |
law of effectThe law that states that behaviour is strengthened by its consequences. | |
learningThe process by which a memory of experience is acquired that will modify behaviour. | |
learning curveA graph showing an index of learning as a function of the number of trials over time. | |
level of explanationA term applied to explanations for a certain phenomenon which are derived from a coherent body of concepts, hypotheses and knowledge associated with a particular academic discipline or subdiscipline; the term signifies the existence and value of other levels of explanation of the same phenomenon. | |
life expectancyThe average number of years a person can expect to live from birth. | |
lifespanThe length of life of the longest-lived member of a species. | |
light receptorsCells located at the retina of the eye and specialised for the detection of light. | |