PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
PREDICTION
noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences…
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
LOOSENING OF ASSOCIATIONS
the action of jumping between unrelated or indirectly associated ideals and theories mid-sentence without any reason. This is similar to…
METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM
is the acceptance of a value once multiple methodologies have been used.
MULTIPLE-APTITUDE TEST
is a group of tests which are used to examine the participants IQ yielding information about their subject abilities opposed…
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…
OPERANT BEHAVIOR
behavior which generates an impact upon the surroundings and whose probability of happening again is influenced by consequences. Operant behavior…
PARADOXICAL REACTION
with regard to pharmacology, a drug response which contradicts the predicted effect, for instance, worsening of anxiety following the deliverance…
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY
postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension…
PILOT TESTING
the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.
DELAYED EFFECT
An effect that is not seen until some time after the event. See causal latency- remote cause.
DIGIT SPAN
An attention test to see how many numbers a person is able to remember. There is a forward and backward…
DIVERGENT THINKING
Thinking that formulates new solutions to problems. Compare convergent thinking.
ECONOMY OF EFFORT
The tendency to act efficiently and to m inimise energy expenditure. See elegant solution- Occam's razor.