ADJUNCTIVE BEHAVIOR
fairly stereotypic behavior which follows the introduction of a stimulant. It varies from straight-forward responder practice where the potential of…
ANTICIPATORY COPING
a stress-management technique enacted prior the encountering of a stressful event. It may involve minimizing the problems associated with the…
APPETITIVE STIMULUS
In positive reinforcement (see positive reinforcement) this represents an unconditioned stimulus that an organism will approach. The effectiveness of this…
AROUSAL THEORY
1. the theory that the physical environment can affect arousal levels by stimulating brain-based mechanisms. Stress and arousal are created…
ATTITUDE SCALE
a measure or assessment used to assess an attitude - usually for the purpose of comparison.
AUTONOMIC RESTRICTORS
refers to people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), who have a lower heart rate, blood pressure, skin conductance, and respiration…
BACKWARD CONDITIONING
refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neutral stimulus. This arrangement does not produce…
BEHAVIOR GENETICS
n. a field of study which focuses on the role of genetics in human behavior. It examines behavior patterns which…
BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST
n. in research, refers to a phenomenon which illustrates the possible consequences of reinforcement. In positive contrast, the response increases…
BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
n. an appraisal method which rates performance, usually on the job. Behavior-based, this measure evaluates employee performance on a point-scale…
BODY CONCEPT
n. the conceptual image formed about one's own body. It is the sum of all thoughts, feelings, and opinions evoked…
CASTRATION ANXIETY
n. the fear of suffering an injury or loss of the genitals. In the pregenital stage of the Freudian psychoanalytic…
CONCORDANCE RATE
the amount of twin pairs or other genetically related persons who show a certain feature or illness.
CONFRONTATION
an assertion or aggressive difference. 2. the activity involved in openly confronting, or being motivated or mandated to confront, a…
CONTEXTUAL ASSOCIATIONS
correlations learned between objects or materials that a living being is exposed to, and the framework wherein exposure happens.
CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
a department of forensic psychology affiliated with the use of counseling and medicinal approaches toward juvenile wrongdoers and criminals alike…
COVERT MODELING
a stealth conditioning process wherein the patient pictures a role model, visualizes acting as this individual may, so because of…
CUMULATIVE RECORD
an ongoing document wherein new information is attributed. With regard to conditioning, a collective document is a graph demonstrating the…
A-B DESIGN
a setup for experiments requiring the measurement of the dependent variable prior to onset of the experiment and again after…