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Within Subjects Design Within Subjects Design or Repeated Measures Design is a kind of experimental design where the same group of participants…

Withdrawal When an organism (does not have to be a human; can be another type of animal) becomes addicted to a substance,…

William James William James (1842 – 1910) was a psychologist and philosopher and was recognized for writing the Principles of Psychology, which…

Wilhelm Wundt Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1930) is known as the “Founder of Modern Psychology” and the “Father of Experimental Psychology”. He…

Wernickes Area Wernicke’s Area is an area of the brain that is very important in the development of language. The area is…

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an intelligence test that is used quite commonly, and it measures…

Webers Law Weber’s Law is related to the Just Noticeable Difference (also known as the difference threshold), which is the minimum difference…

Wavelength The way we measure sound waves, audio waves, and other types of waves are by their length and their height (amplitude).…

Visual Encoding Visual Encoding refers to the process by which we remember visual images. For example, if you are presented a list…

Visual Cliff The Visual Cliff is a test given to infants to see if they have developed depth perception. The way it…