The cognitive approach began to revolutionize psychology in the late 1950âs and early 1960âs, to become the dominant approach (i.e. perspective) in psychology by the late 1970s. Interest in mental processes had been gradually restored through the work of Piaget and Tolman.
poâ¢rosâ¢iâ¢ty. 1. the state or quality of being porous. 2. (in rock or other natural material) the ratio of aggregated pore space to the volume of the entire mass: used as a measure of the amount of fluid, as oil, that a geologic stratum might hold. [1350â1400; Middle English porosytee porÅsitÄs. See porous, -ity ].
Because of this, the equation is usually written: and. where is void ratio, is porosity, V V is the volume of void-space (air and water), V S is the volume of solids, and V T is the total or bulk volume.his figure is relevant in composites, in mining (particular with regard to the properties of tailings), and in soil science. In geotechnical engineering, it is considered as one of the state variables of soils and represented by the symbol e.