BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION
n. first and foremost, a record of behavior from one day to the next. This gives the observer an idea…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
BIOGRAPHICAL METHOD
n. the collection and analysis of an account on a person. It may be the whole or a portion of…
CONCENTRATIVE MEDITATION
a kind of meditation that concentrates on a sole stimulant- a certain visual- a certain noise, mantra, term, etc.- a…
CONTEXTUAL ASSOCIATIONS
correlations learned between objects or materials that a living being is exposed to, and the framework wherein exposure happens.
CORRECTIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
an idea stemming from psychoanalysis which postulates that patients acquire significant and intensive modification via new interpersonal affective events they…
COVERT RESPONSE
any typically unseen reaction, like a visual, feeling, or though- the presence of which is generally deduced or gauged indirectly.…
DEBILITATIVE ANXIETY
An anxiety felt by a person that they see as interfering with their performance, such as being psyched out or…
ABNORMALITY
1. in a position that is not normal. 2. disfigurement or imperfections in building or operations.
ACTIVATIONAL EFFECT
a temporary chemical influence which usually produces a brief variation in performance or physical motion in mature animals. For instance,…
ADVERTISING PSYCHOLOGY
the cognitive investigation of the methods used and overall performance of every kind of promotion and marketing, such as the…
ALLPORT'S PERSONALITY TRAIT THEORY
Gordon W. Allport's doctrine said a person's character traits are the vital points to the individuality and persistence of their…
ANTISOCIAL AGGRESSION
any deliberate and proactive act of aggression that has socially destructive and undesirable consequences for another person. Compare also prosocial…
ATTENUATION THEORY
a part of the filter theory of attention, which proposes that unattended messages are attenuated (i.e., processed weakly) but not…
AUTISTIC THINKING
narcissistic, egocentric thought processes that have little or no relation to reality, and focus largely on self-absorption. May also refer…
BACKUP REINFORCER
in behavior modification, this refers to a reward given to a client in return for tokens he or she has…
BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…