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.
INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
Used in operant or instrumental conditioning. The name given to any pattern of reinforcement where only some responses are reinforced.…
INTERVIEWER EFFECTS
An interviewers attributes and the influence and behaviours on the answers of a respondant. The appearance, demeanor, training, age, sex…
IRRITABILITY
1. Abnormal sensitivity or excessive responsiveness, as of an organ or body part, to a stimulus. 2. It is a…
LATENT CONTENT
1. Hidden meaning in communication 2. Unconscious wishes expressed through dream or fantasy in symbolic representation as part of psychoanalytic theory.
FALSE-ALARM RATE
is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within…
FIGHT-FLIGHT REACTION
the emotional response a person has to an emergency that is designed to allow us to stand and fight or…
FREE-FLOATING ANXIETY
1. A chronic sense of uneasiness and apprehension that is not directed at anything. Often seen in anxiety disorders. 2.…
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
1. Assessment to identify circumstances and consequences associated with a certain behaviour. Defined in measurable terms. Used to design treatments…
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)
This has 3 stages. 1. alarm has shock and countershock phase and can trigger fight or flight. 2.resistance stabilising physiological…
GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Behavior oriented toward attaining a particular goal. Identified by observing that the animal or person ceases search behaviour and engages…