EFFECT SIZE
The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.
EMOTIONAL INSIGHT 1
1. Awareness of your own emotional reactions and those of others. 2. Psychotherapy. The client's awareness of emotional forces underlying…
EMPTY ORGANISM PSYCHOLOGY
Behavioural psychology. Attempts to predict and control behaviour based on external observable stimulus and reinforcement conditions.
LEGITIMATE POWER
The ability to influence fellow members of a group which is usually dependent on your status within the group and…
MACHOVER DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP TEST)
a test which aims to help clinicians identify the individuals personality. The participant is asked to first draw a person…
MATCHED-GROUP DESIGN
is an experimental design for research studies which requires both the experimental and control groups are similar or matched on…
MENTAL HEALTH
is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely…
MILLER-MOWRER SHUTTLEBOX
is a piece of apparatus which is used to examine escape and avoidance learning consisting of a straight alley with…
MORAL CODE
is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community…
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
usually employs an observational method where a research study is conducted primarily in the field without the control of the…
NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established…
OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…
ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH
with regard to the study of feelings, a conceptual construct, based upon the general systems theory, stressing the part of…
PARADOXICAL INTENTION
initially performed by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor K. Frankl, a psychotherapeutic method wherein the patient is asked to exaggerate an uncomfortable,…
PEAK SHIFT
1. a phenomenon, observed in stimulus generalization, which takes place after discrimination training comprising two stimulants across a typical dimension.…
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.