PASSIVE DECEPTION
the withholding of specific data from research-engaged parties, like not making them aware of the entire details of the study.…
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.
DISCRIMINATED OPERANT
An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when…
DOWNWARD DRIFT HYPOTHESIS, DRIFTING ATTENTION
A disorder where attention is a short span of time but a person then drifts back to a somnolent state.…
EGO-DEFENSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
The role that an attitude plays in maintaining and enhancing our self esteem.
ENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY
Therapy addressing and including a person's surroundings to promote better cognitive, affective and behavioural health. See milieu therapy- therapeutic community.
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.
LEISURE LIFESTYLE
A lifestyle (way of living) in which free time, otherwise referred to as leisure time forms a large part of…
MODERATOR VARIABLE
with respect to statistics, a moderator variable is entirely unrelated to the criterion variable but it is still related to…
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
usually employs an observational method where a research study is conducted primarily in the field without the control of the…
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
a multidimensional structure characterizing the level of achievement attained by an establishment. In accordance with the goal-attainment model, efficacy is…
PASSIVE LISTENING
with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, attentive listening by a counselor or therapy professional without impeding upon or disrupting the…
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
writings, documentations, and alike material generated by an individual who, whenever assessed in personal-document analysis, might render knowledge upon that…