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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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CRITICAL VALUE

the value of either one of the ends of a critical region, that being, either one of the values beyond

CRITICAL VARIABLE

a variant necessary to cause a specific effect or to render a specific forecast.

CRITICAL-INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING (CISD)

founded by American psychologist Jeffrey T. Mitchell, a step-by-step and structured procedure modeled to assist people who have viewed or

CRITICAL-INCIDENT TECHNIQUE (CIT)

a technique modeled to examine variable correlated with irregularly positive or irregularly negative performance. Viewers document irregular results and certain

CRITICISM

noun. 1. a meaningful assessment of something, like an individual's actions, particularly to assist in bettering actions in the future.

CRITIQUE

noun. A complete examination that points out and depicts both advantages and disadvantages.

CROCKER-HENDERSON ODOR SYSTEM

developed by American chemists Lloyd F. Henderson and Ernest C. Crocker, a theory which claims four main facets of odor:

CRO-MAGNON

noun. A formative type of present-day human habitation.

CRONBACH, LEEJ

an American psychologist who graduated from high school at the mere age of fourteen. He attained various university positions and

CRONBACH'S ALPHA

a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.

CROSS SECTION

a laceration through any field of an item or organ for the purpose of analyzing it.

CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY

the comparison of persons of 5 and 10 years of age.

CROSS-ADAPTATION

noun. The modification in the vulnerability to one stimulant elicited by acclimation to another stimulant.

CROSS-ADDICTION CROSS-TRAINING

noun. 1. bettering of skill behaviors of one area of the body stemming from use of another area of the

CROSS-CLASSIFICATION

noun. Categorization of objects dependent upon at least two traits. Particularly, it is a two-way strategy employed in trial and

CROSS-CONDITIONING

noun. Conditioning to an unbiased stimulant whenever it coincidentally happens at the same time as an unconditioned one.

CROSS-CORRELATION MECHANISM

the hearing device presumed to provide the foundation for noise localization based on the premise of interaural time differences.

CROSS-CORRESPONDENCE

noun. With regard to spiritualism and parapsychology, the scenario wherein at least two mediums, allegedly in contact with the same

CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH

with regard to the social sciences, a research technique wherein certain social traditions are examined and compared to various other

CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

a department of psychology which examines likeness and difference in human actions spanning various cultures and recognizes the varying psychological