Finger Tapping Test

a measure of fine motor speed in which the individual taps an index finger as quickly as possible against a response key. The test is part of the Halstead–Reitan Neuropsychological Battery. It was originally called the Finger Oscillation Test.

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Psychology term of the day

January 13th 2025

reconstructive psychotherapy

psychotherapy directed toward basic and extensive modification of an individual’s character structure by enhancing his or her insight into personality development, unconscious conflicts, and adaptive responses. Examples are Freudian psychoanalysis, Adlerian individual psychology, Jungian analytic psychology, and the approaches of Karen D. Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan.