EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.
EVALUATION APPREHENSION
The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.
LOOKING-GLASS SELF
is a theory which attempts to explain the mechanism and reasoning behind humans consistent attempts to evaluate their own performance…
MEASUREMENT ERROR
is any difference between the observed value and the real or true value which leads to the skewing of results…
METHODOLOGICAL OBJECTIVISM VERSUS METHOD
first proposed by U.S. psychologist Robert I. Watson (1909 - 1980) is a prescriptive dimension which can be used to…
MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP
In the context of psychology, a multiple relationship may arise between a psychologist and a non-professional, potentially: concurrently is in…
NONDIRECTIVE APPROACH
a technique in psychotherapy and counseling wherein the client controls the path of therapy by displaying their own emotions, stating…
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
a dimension of the big five personality model and the five-factor personality model which references single variants in the propensity…
PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST
an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.
PERCEIVED SELF
the subjective appraisal of private factors which one renders to their self.
PILOT STUDY
a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.…
ACHIEVEMENT GOAL THEORY
any of numerous theorems of willingness that discern two kinds of success pursuits, goal-oriented, ego-oriented, that unite such dissimilarities in…
ADJUNCTIVE BEHAVIOR
fairly stereotypic behavior which follows the introduction of a stimulant. It varies from straight-forward responder practice where the potential of…
ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFERENCE
with regard to psychoanalysis, the comprehension of a person's formative unions and encounters with others retold through their viewpoint to…
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
the use of books, journals, documents, data sets, manuscripts, and other records or cultural artifacts in scientific research, that do…
ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD)
a former and still commonly used name for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as defined by the DSM-IV.
AVAILABILITY ERROR
refers to cognitive errors made because the first item that comes to mind is often mistaken for the best or…
BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…
BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
n. an appraisal method which rates performance, usually on the job. Behavior-based, this measure evaluates employee performance on a point-scale…