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CAUSATION

n. an empirical relationship which exists between two events which can be summed up as one event (the cause) bringing

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

a fluctuating scale of values, utilized for approximating the value of a populace quantity from information acquired in a test

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY

the magnitude to which an analysis or tool is able to gauge an abstract characteristic, capacity, or construct.

COPING STRATEGY

a behavior, sequence of behaviors, or mental process employed to satisfy a taxing or unfavorable scenario or in changing one's

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

noun. The therapy professional's unaware responses to the client and to the client's transference. These ideas and emotions are based

D PRIME

a gauge of someone's capacity to pick up on indicators- more particularly, a gauge of vulnerability or discriminability stemming from

ABNORMAL

adjective. 1. all things atypical, unordinary, or considered outside of the norm. 2. in regards to statistics, any data studied

ACTIVATING EVENT

in logical emotive behavior treatment, a happening which is existing, former, or expected, that prompts irrational ideas and troublesome feelings,

ADOPTION STUDY

a model of investigation that intends to ascertain an estimate of the level of genetic potential of a chosen attribute

AGGREGATION

noun. 1. a group of living bodies in an area with no noticeable societal construction or organization, retaining the smallest

ANTICIPATORY COPING

a stress-management technique enacted prior the encountering of a stressful event. It may involve minimizing the problems associated with the

ARCHETYPE

1. a perfect or typical example of something or the original model from which other models are supposed to replicate.

ATTENTION SHIFTING

moving the focus of attention from one thing to another - for example, from the cat to the dog. Shifts

AUTHORITY COMPLEX

a pattern of emotionally charged concepts of authority in an individual that are partially or completely repressed. To satisfy an

AVOLITION

n. refers to a marked failure to engage in goal-directed behavior. This occasionally occurs in severe major depressive episodes.

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

n. the use of behavior change techniques to increase the frequency of adaptive behavior and decrease that of maladaptive behavior.

BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS

n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a

BIOCHEMICAL DEFECT

n. a metabolic defect which contibutes to the onset of a neurological or psychiatric condition. This defect may either be

BOUNDARY ISSUES

n. in therapy and health care, refers to ethical issues which surround the relationship between a therapist and a patient.

BINARY CHOICE

Choosing between 2 alternatives.