ADAPTATION
1. modification of a sense organ to the force or even standard of stimulation, leading to a development where sensorial…
AFFECTIVE TONE
the state of mind or sense corresponding with a particular encounter or stimulant. In therapy, whenever a patient doesn't work…
ANDROGYNOUS PERSONALITY
a mixed personality style in which an individual displays psychological characteristics typically assigned to men and women, as opposed to…
APPLIED SCIENCE
an approach to science in which scientific principles and theories are applied in practical ways, for example, in the development…
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
an instrument that is typically used in the evaluation of ability, achievement, interests, personality, psychopathology, or some other factor.
ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
a person's characteristic tendencies when inferring the cause of behavior or events, that may be based on three dimensions: the…
AVERSION THERAPY
refers to a form of behavior therapy in which the client is conditioned to cease an undesirable behavior by associating…
BEHAVIORAL CONGRUENCE
n. a consistent state of behavior, meaning there is consistency between the goals, values, and attitudes projected and the actual…
BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCE
n. a number or combination of behavioral incidents which are geared towards a specific purpose or outcome. Thus, much of…
CATEGORICAL DATA
n. types of data which can be counted and divided into groups. Thus, they consist of counts in contrast to…
CONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
a position of acknowledgement and respect demonstrated by other people on a trial basis wherein their respect relies upon the…
CONSCIOUSNESS
noun. 1. the sensation that human beings claim to encounter, inclusive of cognitive details spanning from somatic and sensory interpretation…
CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY
the magnitude to which a psychological trait is expressed in the exact same, or in an operationally equal, way in…
ACHIEVEMENT GOAL THEORY
any of numerous theorems of willingness that discern two kinds of success pursuits, goal-oriented, ego-oriented, that unite such dissimilarities in…