ITEM VALIDITY
In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.
EXTREMITY OF AN ATTITUDE
has been related to the strength of the attitude concerned, for example, one attitude may be treated or looked upon…
FUNCTIONAL
1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,…
GRAPHORRHEA
the term used to describe the writing of long lists of incoherent, meaningless words that will sometimes occurs in the…
INTERNAL FRUSTRATION
Psychoanalytic theory. the term applied to the denial of gratification of instinctual impulses due to internal factors such as the…
INTRAGROUP CONFLICT
Confrontation or disagreement between two or more members of a single group. Compare intfrgroup conflict
JEHOVAH COMPLEX
Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God
EXTRINSIC REINFORCER
is the binary opposite to an intrinsic reinforcer. An extrinsic reinforcer is directly related to the reward which stems from…
FIELD DEPENDENCE
cognitive style where the person relies on external cues rather than internal cues. These people are susceptible to deceptive cues…
FREE ASSOCIATION
the basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy where patients are encouraged to verbalise freely whatever thoughts…
FUNCTIONAL AGE
term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to…
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)
This has 3 stages. 1. alarm has shock and countershock phase and can trigger fight or flight. 2.resistance stabilising physiological…
INTEROCEPTIVE STIMULUS
the term that is applied to the stimulus arising from inside an organism. Examples of this stimulus includes headache, stomach…
INTRAPSYCHIC CONFLICT
Opposing forces and the clash of them within the psyche, it is a psychoanalytic theory such as wishes, agencies or…
JOHN HENRY EFFECT
an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.