Psychology Dictionary
  • Psychology Resources
  1. Home
  2. adaptive nonresponding theory

adaptive nonresponding theory

adaptive nonresponding theory

a theory that sleep evolved as a means of creating species-specific daily periods of inactivity concurrent with periods of greatest threat from predators.

Related Terms

disorder

disorder n. a group of symptoms involving abnormal behavior...

dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT)

Sorry, "dementia-of-the-alzheimers-type-dat" is not in the Dictionary of Psychol...

biological stress

biological stress a condition that imposes severe demands o...

progressive muscle relaxation

progressive muscle relaxation see progressive relaxation.

scopolamine

scopolamine n. an anticholinergic drug found as an alkaloid...

PNC

PNC abbreviation for preferred noise criterion.

Quick Info

Category Psychology Term
Definitions 1
First Letter A

Browse by Letter


A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

© 2025 PsychologyDB.com All rights reserved.

Terms Sitemap Contact