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lay analysis

historically, psychoanalytic therapy performed by a person who had been trained in psychoanalytic theory and practice but was not a physician (i.e., a layperson). Beginning in the 1950s, psychoanalytic training institutions began training licensed mental health practitioners besides psychiatrists, including psychologists and social workers, thus rendering the term obsolete.

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measures of intelligence

measures of intelligence

a series of norm-referenced tests used to determine an individual’s ability to learn, reason, understand concepts, and acquire knowledge. See EEG measures of intelligence; ERP measures of intelligence; fMRI measures of intelligence. See also assessment of intelligence.