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…
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…
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…
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.…