BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM
n. A set of various treatment services which include grief counseling and support group therapy. The program offers individual and…
BEREAVEMENT THERAPY
n. a therapeutic approach to coping with grief after the loss of a loved one. Alternatives include group support, grief…
BERKELEY GROWTH STUDY
n. an investigative study published into a book by Harold Jones and Nancy Bayley in 1941. This study sought to…
BERN SEX ROLE INVENTORY (BSRI)
n. a self-administered test on masculinity and femininity which rates your personal traits on a scale of 1 to 7.…
BERNOULLI TRIAL
n. an experiment in which there are only two possible outcomes: that of either success or failure, with the probability…
BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD
n. in family law, refers to a standard doctrine used in most courts when deciding child custody and divorce proceedings.…
BEST-FIRST SEARCH
n. an approach to problem-solving which chooses a path closest to the solution first. The strategy involves evaluating all possible…
BETA ADRENORECEPTOR
n. a type of receptor situated on the membrane of nerve cells. Closely associated with the sympathetic nervous system, this…
BETA ALCOHOLISM
n. the second of five stages of alcoholism. Drinking is uncontrolled and undisciplined, thus, having the potential of affecting organs…
BETA BLOCKERS
n. medications which are proven to reduce heart muscle activity and slow down heart rate. They are present in antihypertensive…
BETA LEVEL
in statistics, refers to the probability of arriving at a false negative. As such, a person will make the wrong…
BETA MOVEMENT
n. a form of optical illusion in which there is apparent movement in fixed images. When stationary stimuli are presented…
BETA WEIGHT
n. in statistics, refers to the number by which a specific predictor is multiplied. In line with multiple regression analysis,…
BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR KINASE (BARK)
n. a serine/threonine intracellular enzyme whose function is to inactivate beta adrenoreceptors. Specifically, the kinase inhibits these receptors from activating…
BETA-AMYLOID (P-AMYLOID)
n. a type of protein deposit found in the brain tissue of patients having Alzheimer's disease. This deposit contains peptides…
BETA-ENDORPHIN
n. an endogenous neuropeptide produced by the hypothalamus and pituitary glands. Functioning as a neurotransmitter, it is released when the…