ECONOMY OF EFFORT
The tendency to act efficiently and to m inimise energy expenditure. See elegant solution- Occam's razor.
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.
DELINQUENCY
Any behaviour that violates social rules and conventions. See juvenile delinquency.
DIVIDED ATTENTION
Paying attention to 2 things at once so more tasks can be performed at the same time.
EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE
The advice given to students to help them make suitable decisions regarding education. See educational counselling.
EVALUATION RESEARCH
Applying scientific principles, methods and theories to identify, describe, measure and predict importnat factors to develop human service delivery systems.…
EXTERNAL VALIDITY
The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.