FREQUENCY JUDGMENT
the term used for the person's judgement of how many times a stimulus is presented during a test. See word…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Behavior oriented toward attaining a particular goal. Identified by observing that the animal or person ceases search behaviour and engages…
JUNGIAN TYPOLOGY
a theory of personality that puts individuals into separate categories according to attitudes and dominant functions of the psyche.
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…
FOCAL ATTENTION
name given to the attention we focus on a certain stimuli while disregarding the rest. Information in our attention span…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in
KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)
It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range…
FALSE-ALARM RATE
is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within…
FREUD, SIGMUND
He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association…
GAMBLER'S FALLACY
failure to recognise a chance event and gives the belief that an outcome can be predicted that is based on…
GROUP HARMONY
This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.
INTERVIEWER EFFECTS
An interviewers attributes and the influence and behaviours on the answers of a respondant. The appearance, demeanor, training, age, sex…
KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal…
FAMILY COUNSELING
is one of the various types of counselling whereby parents, or even other family members, work with trained individual's such…