BALANCED BILINGUAL
refers to a person who has proficiency in two languages to the extent that his or her skills for each…
BANDURA, ALBERT
(1925- ) Canadian-born U.S. psychologist. Born and raised in Alberta, Canada, Bandura received his PhD from the University of Iowa…
BARGAINING STAGE
n. third among five stages in the dying process. First described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss-born U.S. psychiatrist. Facing loss…
BASIC ACHIEVEMENT SKILLS INDIVIDUAL SCREENER (BASIS)
n. a test designed to measure academic achievement and determine grade-level placement (1983). As to reading, the results are norm-…
BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY
n. in cognitive psychology, a category for which the most-frequently applied term is among the earliest learned and the most…
BATTERING MEN'S EXCUSES
n. excuses which try to rationalize why men beat their women. Most men who physically abuse their wives or domestic…
BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY (BAI)
n. a measure of anxiety as individually experienced by patients. As to severity, the anxiety can be measured through a…
BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST
n. a list of observable and measurable behaviors which are recorded by a learning professional or a clinician. In the…
BEHAVIOR REHEARSAL
n. a technique specifically used in behavior therapy. It involves rehearsing behavioral patterns which were initially introduced by the therapist…
BEHAVIORAL CONTINGENCY
n. that possibility that there may or may not be a relationship between an individual's specific response and the frequency…
BEHAVIORAL HOMEOSTASIS
n. the tendency of an organism to apply mechanisms of behavior in order to restore stability and maintain equilibrium. These…
BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY
n. an interdisciplinary field referred to as psychopharmacology. It studies the action and effect of psycho-active, mood-altering drugs on behavior.…
BEHAVIORAL TERATOLOGY
n. the study of abnormal or impaired behavior due to physiological birth defects. These impairments in behavior are said to…
BEKESY AUDIOMETER
n. an instrument which detects and measures how well a person is able to hear. The first automatic audiometer was…
BELOW AVERAGE
adj. a range of classification which falls below normal or not up to par, yet it is the much-preferred term…
BENZISOXAZOLES
pl. n. a group of aromatic organic compounds which structurally contains a benzene-fused isoxazole ring. This class of pharmaceutical drugs…
BETA ALCOHOLISM
n. the second of five stages of alcoholism. Drinking is uncontrolled and undisciplined, thus, having the potential of affecting organs…
BETWEEN-SUBJECTS DESIGN
n. an experimental design in which each person is a different sampling unit being tested under one and the same…