Англо-русский словарь по социологии. 2011.
Directed attention fatigue — (DAF) is a neurological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is… … Wikipedia
Goal-oriented — Unreferenced|date=May 2008 A system, person, or organization that tends to achieve a goal and demonstrate it in subsequent actions.Goal oriented or goal driven/goal directed/purposive is a property of systems which are able to… … Wikipedia
human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… … Universalium
collective behaviour — ▪ psychology Introduction the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behaviour tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group… … Universalium
reproductive behaviour — In animals, any activity directed toward perpetuation of a species. Sexual reproduction, the most common mode, occurs when a female s egg is fertilized by a male s sperm. The resulting unique combination of genes produces genetic variety that… … Universalium
artificial intelligence — the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. Abbr.:… … Universalium
sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… … Universalium
Carl Rogers — Infobox Scientist name = Carl Rogers birth date = birth date|1902|1|8|mf=y birth place = Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. death date = death date and age|1987|2|4|1902|1|8|mf=y death place = San Diego, California, U.S. nationality = American field =… … Wikipedia
Software agent — In computer science, a software agent is a piece of software that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency, which derives from the Latin agere (to do): an agreement to act on one s behalf. Such action on behalf of implies the… … Wikipedia
Sociotechnical systems theory — is theory about the social aspects of people and society and technical aspects of machines and technology. Sociotechnical refers to the interrelatedness of social and technical aspects of an organisation. Sociotechnical theory therefore is about… … Wikipedia
psychological development — Development of cognitive, emotional, intellectual, and social capabilities and functioning over the course of one s life. It is the subject matter of the discipline of developmental psychology. In infancy, language is acquired, perception,… … Universalium
