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ADVOCACY

noun. conversing or performing on the part of a person or mass of people to support their liberties or illustrate

ALTER EGO

1. An additional character or facet of someone which occurs metaphorically as their replacement or advocate, with diverse attributes. 2.

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR

aggressive, impulsive, and often violent actions that violate protective rules, conventions, and codes of a society - for example, laws.

AROUSAL REGULATION

the controlling of cognitive and physiological activation using natural or cognitive-behavioral methods. See also autogenic training.

ATTITUDE

in social psychology, an enduring and general evaluation or cognitive schema relating to an object, person, group, issue, or concept.

AUTOCENTRIC

completely centered on or within the self. Compare with allocentric.

BACKWARD CONDITIONING

refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neutral stimulus. This arrangement does not produce

BEHAVIOR REHEARSAL

n. a technique specifically used in behavior therapy. It involves rehearsing behavioral patterns which were initially introduced by the therapist

BEHAVIORAL INTEGRATION

n. the process of combining individual behaviors into one whole behavioral unit. Instead of functioning separately, these behaviors become coordinated

BIOLOGICAL STRESS

n. any condition that puts pressure and makes demands on both the physical and psychological defense system of a living

BYSTANDER EFFECT

n. a tendency for people not to get involved or not to offer help in a social situation. Often misunderstood

CONCEPT

noun. 1. a concept that symbolizes a category of items or occurrences or their traits. 2. with regard to conditioning,

CONFOUNDS

noun. factors that fluctuate with the independent variable and whose affects on the dependent variable are subsequently hard to distinguish

CONTINGENCY CONTRACT

a collectively agreed-upon account between an educator and pupil, a mother or father and kid, or a patient and therapy

CORRELATION

noun. The magnitude of a union between two traits.

CRF 1

the abbreviated for of continuous reinforcement- the abbreviated form of corticotrophin-releasing factor.

DEBRIEFING

The process after a research project where the participants are given more details about the project.

ABUSE POTENTIAL

the ability a drug retains to keep someone dependent on it. Such ability is often directly correlated with how the

ACTIVE LISTENING

a psychotherapeutic approach that occurs when the professional listens to a patient meticulously and diligently, inquiring as required, in an

AFFECT

the act of feeling a sentiment spanning from distress to extreme joy, from the most minor to the very involved