BEHAVIOR SETTING
n. in environmental psychology, refers to the environment as the setting for observing behavior. This setting, for instance, may include…
BEHAVIORAL INTEGRATION
n. the process of combining individual behaviors into one whole behavioral unit. Instead of functioning separately, these behaviors become coordinated…
BIOGRAPHICAL METHOD
n. the collection and analysis of an account on a person. It may be the whole or a portion of…
CONDITIONED EMOTIONAL RESPONSE (CFR)
any non-positive emotional reaction, generally worry or fear, which comes to be correlated with an unbiased stimulant due to pavlovian…
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
the propensity to be arranged, accountable, and possess a strong work ethic, interpreted as one end of a facet of…
COUNSELING
professional help in handling and processes private problems, such as behavior-related, job-related, marriage, school, rehabilitative, school-based, life-stage, and emotionally rooted…
CRITICAL VALUE
the value of either one of the ends of a critical region, that being, either one of the values beyond…
DEBRIEFING
The process after a research project where the participants are given more details about the project.
ABSTRACTION
noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a…
ACTIVE LISTENING
a psychotherapeutic approach that occurs when the professional listens to a patient meticulously and diligently, inquiring as required, in an…
AFFECT REGULATION
the act of trying to change or extend one's emotional attitude or disposition.
AMELIORATION
noun. a positive development concerning the seriousness of an illness or syndrome, or a lessening of the severity of its…
ANXIETY FIXATION
in psychoanalysis, this refers to the continuation of an anxious reaction from an earlier developmental stage to a later one.
APPROACH-APPROACH CONFLICT
an emotionally conflicted situation involving a choice between two equally desirable but incompatible goals, for example, a person may want…
ATMOSPHERE EFFECT
1. the tendency for particular behaviors to be stimulated by a particular situation, even when inappropriate or completely pointless -…
AUTHENTICITY
1. the quality of being genuine and true to one's own values2. in psychotherapy and counseling, a valued characteristic of…
AVERSIVE CONDITIONING
the process by which an unwanted behavior is paired with a noxious or unpleasant stimulus, with the intention to reduce…