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BIBLIOTHERAPY

A form of supportive psychotherapy in which the patient is given carefully selected material to read.During the era of “moral

BILIRUBIN ENCEPHALOPATHY (Kemicterus)

A toxic brain disorder occurring in infants, due to accumulation in the gall bladder of bilirubin, a red breakdown product

What are the Psychological Causes Of Bed-Wetting?

Wetting the bed at night or enuresis is not an uncommon practice for children under six years of age and

BACKTRACK SEARCH

refers to a graph search strategy that considers states in a graph recursively. So, If the present state is not

BAD ME

in the self-system theory of U.S. psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), this refers to the internalized personification of impulses and

BALDWIN'S FIGURE

refers to a horizontal line with a square at each end. Smaller squares make the line look longer than when

BAR REFLEX

n. in pathology, refers to an experience wherein an individual in recumbent position reacts with a lateral or vertical motion

BARRICADE INCIDENTS

n. a standard police response to managing hostage and crisis situations. What to do and how to negotiate these incidents

BASE RATE

in statistics, the probability by which change influences a phenomenon to a certain degree. The changed condition (or variable) determines

BASIC PERSONALITY

n. a pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving which is distinct among people raised within a similar culture. These similarities

BATCH

n. in statistics, refers to a set of data being observed and analyzed. Going further into staitiscal analysis, the batch

BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK

n. a statistical model which illustrates random variables and conditional dependencies via a simple directed acyclic graph (DAG). There is

BEE COMMUNICATION

n. a pattern of movement displayed by bees in order to communicate with each other. Usually done in a figure-of-eight

BEHAVIOR HIERARCHY

n. in the study of of behavior, refers to a ranking of possible behavioral responses based on the relative probablity

BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SYSTEM (BAS)

n. one of two motivational systems which govern human and animal behavior. Activated by incentive motivation, the response is towards

BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS

n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE

n. a multidisciplinary field of medicine which develops and integrates knowledge on how behavioral theories and therapeutic methods can be

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR

n. any particular behavior or behavior pattern which strongly yet adversely affects health. It increases the chances of developing a

BEHAVIORISM

n. a scientific approach to psychology in which the study is based on observable, quantifiable facts and not on subjective

BELL AND PAD

n. a remedy used in the treatment and control of nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting). It makes use of a device which