Category: L

A thought disorder in which the person has difficulty sticking to one topic and drifts from one thought to another in a disjointed manner. A symptom of schizophrenia.  

The theory that a person’s self-concept is reflected in the way a person perceives how others look at him or her.  

Drugs sold legally, often through the mail or over the Internet, that are made to look like prescription drugs or illegal drugs, e.g., caffeine tablets that are made to look like amphetamine tablets.  

According to Atkinson and Shiffrin, a storage area that is distinct from the short-term memory store and retains an indefinite amount of information indefinitely.  

Targets to be achieved over an extended period of time. In management, this time span is usually set at 5-7 years.  

Research that follows the same group of people and collects information from them repeatedly over a significant period of time.  

A split in the cytoplasm, the axis of which is parallel to the long axis of the cell.  

The condition or quality of being long-lived. Life span.  

The fear that one may be left alone or left out and thus have to spend one’s life in solitude.  

An emotional state in which a person feels a lack of social relationships, or Ones that produced little or no satisfaction. The anxious, depressed, or dysphoric mood that occurs as a result of physical or psychic isolation. Personal situation in which there is little or no close emotional or social support from others.