CATASTROPHIC BEHAVIOR
n. a drastic but impending change in behavior as can only be brought about by shock and catastrophic stress. These…
CATEGORICAL DATA
n. types of data which can be counted and divided into groups. Thus, they consist of counts in contrast to…
CAUSAL MECHANISM
n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using…
CELLULAR AUTOMATA
pl. n. discrete models of biological systems that utilize computer programs. Displayed on a computer screen, an array of cells…
CALCIUM-DCFICIENCY DISORDERS
Diseases that are caused by a lack of calcium in bones and tissues such as osteoporosis.
COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING (CAT)
a technique used in computerized examinations for certain traits of capabilities wherein the exam topics are immediately modified to align…
COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT
examination of psychological data about someone via the use of a computer with access to information reserves that retain data…
CONCEPT LEARNING
1. learning the determining components that are symbolic or typical of a certain category, or those traits that are required…
CONCEPTUALLY GUIDED CONTROL
a degree or human data processing which is managed by structures of a higher order, like ideas or conceptual programs.
CONCRETE THINKING
cognitions centered directly upon automatic encounters and certain items or occurrences. Observed frequently in youths, but also in those affected…
CONDITIONAL DISCRIMINATION
a prejudice wherein strengthening of a reply in the existence of stimulant relies upon the existence of other stimulants.
CONDITIONING
the manner in which specific types of experience make certain behaviors more or less probably.
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL
a fluctuating scale of values, utilized for approximating the value of a populace quantity from information acquired in a test…
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
the lessening of conflict and tension between people or teams, generally via the utilization of active methods, like negotiating or…
CONFUSIONAL STATE
a condition of handicapped intellectual operations wherein consciousness is maintained but with deprivation of intellectual comprehensibility and orientation to time,…
CONGRUENCE CONFORMITY
with regard to congruity theory, an alteration in the state of mind of the objective person of a convincing conversation…
CONNECTIONISM
postulated by Edward I. Thorndike, the idea that learning consists of the obtaining of unbiased correlations between reaction and stimulant.
CONSCIOUSNESS OF FREEDOM
the feeling of having the right to choose that most persons are likely to possess when making decisions and managing…