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CRANIAL DIAMETER

the widest measurement of the skull.

CRANIUM

noun. 1. human or animal skulls. 2. the part of the skill that encases the brain.

CREOLE

noun. A language which has progressed from extended contact between at least two languages and has come to be the…

CRISES)

1. a scenario which generates a great deal of turmoil or tension for those people engaged in it. 2. a…

CRITERION SCORE

an expected rating on a trait or variable which stems from regression analysis.

CRITICAL VARIABLE

a variant necessary to cause a specific effect or to render a specific forecast.

CROSS-CORRESPONDENCE

noun. With regard to spiritualism and parapsychology, the scenario wherein at least two mediums, allegedly in contact with the same…

CROSS-LAGGED PANEL DESIGN

a longitudinal trial and error model employed to escalate the likelihood of causal impact wherein two factors, both B and…

CROWD BEHAVIOR

the symptomatic behavior of a set of individuals who come together for a transitory period of time while their interest…

CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE

a procedure wherein females mate with many males but decide specifically which male's sperm will be the one to fertilize…

CUBE MODEL

a 3-D model of the data cues which conclude causal traits. These cues are: uniqueness, general opinion and behavior, and…

CULTURAL COMPETENCY

1. ownership of the abilities and insight which are recommended for and particular to a chosen culture. 2. the ability…

CULTURAL RESIDUE, CULTURE LEAD

a specific facet of a culture that seems to be alternating quicker than the culture does as a whole.

CULTURE OF HONOR

a cultural standard in an area, country, or ethnic people wherein brutality is recommended as the favored response to an…

CUMULATIVE RESPONSE CURVE

a collective documentation, in graphical display, of the replies in a conditioning trial and error process. An absence of a…

CURVE FITTING

any of many statistical methods for acquiring a curve that symbolizes a chosen set of information on a graph.

CVLT-1

abbreviated form of California Verbal Learning Test II.

CYCLOSPORINE (CYCLOSPORIN)

an immunosuppressive agent employed mainly to inhibit refusal of organs transplanted into someone, but additionally employed in the remediation of…

CADUCEUS

n. a symbol associated with the medical profession. It is that of a short, vertical rod having two serpents coiled…

CALIBRATION

n. the process of setting a measuring device in order to conform with a reference standard. These settings are either…