INTEREST TEST
an inventory where the person is asked to express their likes and dislikes for a range of different activities and…
INVERSE RELATIONSHIP
A relationship which is negative when one variable decreases and the other variable increases, or vice versa
LABELING THEORY
Describing an individual as deviant and then treating them as such may result in mental disorder or delinquency also called…
FALSE BELIEF
has a wide range of potential definitions mostly dependent on the application to real-life, for example, in an psychological application,…
FIELD INDEPENDENCE
a cognitive style where the person relies on internal cues and will disregard deceptive cues from the external world. Compare…
FREE ASSOCIATION
the basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy where patients are encouraged to verbalise freely whatever thoughts…
FUNCTIONAL
1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,…
GOAL ORIENTATION
1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending…
INTERGROUP CONFLICT
The term for disagreement or confrontation between two or more groups and their members. This may involve physical violence, interpersonal…
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in
INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS
Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…
LATENCY OF RESPONSE
The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…
FIELD NOTES
These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They…
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
1. Detailed analysis of a behaviour to identify contingencies that sustain the behaviour. 2. Synthesis of a client's behaviour problems…
GENDER BIAS
This covers a variety of biases that relate to the differential treatment of males and females. May be unwarranted assumptions…
GOAL SPECIFICITY
a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.