BURNED OUT
adj. that which denotes physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. Historically, it also describes patients who become withdrawn and apathetic, slowly…
BASELINE ASSESSMENT 1
The measurement of characteristics displayed by an individual or population prior to any planned interventions which allows researchers to evaluate…
BROWN, ROGER
US psychologist, 1925-1997, who studied the authoritarian personality. His important studies dealt with social psychology and psycholinguistics
BACKWARD CONDITIONING
refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neutral stimulus. This arrangement does not produce…
BAIT SHYNESS
refers to animals avoiding foods that have previously been associated with gastric distress or other adverse effects. This learned avoidance…
BARBITURATES
pl. n. a group of wide-spectrum drugs, first synthesized from barbituric acid. Known to depress respiration, they also induce drug…
BARTHEL INDEX
n. a measure of one's ability to independently perform Activities of Daily Living. On a point scale, it rates functional…
BASELINE MEASURES
n. a record of things to keep track of when observing the response of participants prior to administering experimental intervention.…
BASIC REST-ACTIVITY CYCLE (BRAC)
n. a biological cycle which alternates between periods of wakefulness and sleep - or in other words, activity and non-activity.…
BATSON V KENTUCKY
n. a 1986 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the practice of dismissing jurors without valid cause…
BEAST FETISHISM
n. a sexual arousal which results from contact with animal fur, hide, or leather. Inanimate as these objects are, they…
BEGGING THE QUESTION
n. an informal fallacy wherein the initial premise entails the final conclusion. In line with circular reasoning, it is the…
BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…
BEHAVIORAL COACHING
n. a process in which a client is taught, trained, and guided towards learning a new behavior. The role of…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
BEHAVIORAL NEUROCHEMISTRY
n. the study of the influence of biochemical makeup on regulating and altering human behavior. This includes the effect of…
BEHAVIORAL SEX THERAPY
n. a form of behavior therapy which focuses on sexual functions and sexual relationships between people. It makes use of…
BEING LOVE (B-LOVE)
n. in humanistic psychology, a new kind of love which is made possible when cognition is fully enhanced. Ascribed to…