BEHAVIOR CHANGE
n. any modification in behavior (mainly human) in public health. The change may happen spontaneously and involuntarily without any intevention,…
BEHAVIORAL CONGRUENCE
n. a consistent state of behavior, meaning there is consistency between the goals, values, and attitudes projected and the actual…
BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCE
n. a number or combination of behavioral incidents which are geared towards a specific purpose or outcome. Thus, much of…
BLANK SCREEN
n. in psychoanalysis, refers to a figurative screen upon which a patient tries to project his or her innermost feelings…
CAREER COUNSELING
n. consultation with a trained professional on specific goal-setting in order to change or improve the direction of one's career.…
CONFIRMATORY RESEARCH
studies undertaken with the objective of being able to challenge particular predetermined hypotheses.
CONSUMMATORY RESPONSE
proposed by American euthologist Wallace Craig, the definitive reaction in a sequence of behavior targeted at the achievement of a…
COPING STRATEGY
a behavior, sequence of behaviors, or mental process employed to satisfy a taxing or unfavorable scenario or in changing one's…
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
noun. The therapy professional's unaware responses to the client and to the client's transference. These ideas and emotions are based…
CUE-OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE
the standard that a recollecting cue begins to lose efficacy with regard to assisting recollection as objects correlated with that…
ACTING OUT
1. the unrestrained and improper attitudinal declaration of denied feelings that aids in reducing stress corresponding with these feelings or…
AFTERIMAGE
noun. The visual which stays present even after a stimulant ceases or is taken away. A positive doesn't happen very…
ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME
a disorder created by the actions of anticholinergic drugs, which have caused unwanted effects on the central and peripheral nervous…
ARMCHAIR PSYCHOLOGY
a form of psychological inquiry or therapy that is based on introspection and rational processes without reference to an empirical…
ATTITUDE MEASURE
a procedure in which individuals' attitudes and responses are assigned quantitative values. Several broad categories of this type of measure…
AUTONOMIC HYPERACTIVITY
arousal of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which results in physiological symptoms like anxiety and fear (e.g., sweating, palpitations, dry…