APPROPRIATE AFFECT
an expression of mood, emotion or feeling that is congruent with the subject matter being discussed or witnessed.
ATTENTION SPAN
1. the length of time an individual can sustain attention to one task. 2. the amount of material retained during…
AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS
1. instantaneous, habitual, and unconscious thoughts that may affect a person's mood and actions. Helping clients evaluate the utility and…
BEHAVIOR GENETICS
n. a field of study which focuses on the role of genetics in human behavior. It examines behavior patterns which…
BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION SCALE (BOS)
n. a method of appraising human behavior against a preferred level of performance. More of a behavior-based measure, it is…
CONGRUENCE
noun. 1. basically, joint consent, unity, or acclimation with others. 2. with regard to the phenomenological personality theory of Carl…
CONTROLLED OBSERVATION
an inspection made within the confines of standard and systematic circumstances instead of casual or incidental circumstances.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
noun. The therapy professional's unaware responses to the client and to the client's transference. These ideas and emotions are based…
ADAPTIVE SKILLS
events that necessitate self-management, such as managing urges, having the ability to get used to a unique surrounding, and also…
AMELIORATION
noun. a positive development concerning the seriousness of an illness or syndrome, or a lessening of the severity of its…
APRACTAGNOSIA
refers to an impaired ability to organize, remember, and/or perform a sequence of movements or skilled motor activities. May also…
ATTENTIONAL CAPTURE
the unintentional focusing of attention, for example by a change in a stimulus, which interrupts other processing - for example,…
AUTONOMIC CONDITIONING
the process describing the achievement of conscious control over autonomic processes (e.g., heart rate) through biofeedback training, meditation, yoga, or…
BEHAVIOR HIERARCHY
n. in the study of of behavior, refers to a ranking of possible behavioral responses based on the relative probablity…
BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY
n. the capacity and degree to which human behavior can be altered by environmental factors such as learning and social…
BODILY-KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE
n. in multiple intelligence theory, refers to the intelligence to perform multiple tasks with coordination and handle finer objects with…
CONCENTRATION
noun. 1. the action of gathering together or concentrating. 2. the amount of a compound dissolved into a liquid or…