CAUSAL PATH
n. a relatively-probable to highly-probable causal sequence derived from a complex array of potential causes and effects. Statistical analysis is…
CEILING EFFECT
n. the inadequacy of a test to measure the true ability and intelligence of a child. Each intelligence or achievement…
COMPUTER ILLITERACY
lacking the ability to comprehend computers to how to make use of them appropriately.
COMREY PERSONALITY SCALES (CPS)
created by American psychologist Andrew Laurence Comrey, a reserve of personal differences in 8 personality characteristics designed mainly through factor…
CONCINNITY
the quality of a piece or facet of art which depicts a peaceful, united combination of the many components to…
CONCRETIZATION
1. lacking the ableness to think theoretically wherein there is a strong accent on specifics and instant experience. It happens…
CONDITIONAL REASONING
logic that takes the shape of if X, then Y. Within the context of formal logic, the phrase or sentence…
CONDITIONS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO A MENTAL DISOR
a remaining group of disorders in the DSM-III and prior editions that is classified under other conditions in the DSM-IV-TR.
CONFIGURAL LEARNING
training to react to a mixture of at least two stimulants matched with a result when none of the stimulants…
CONFLICT-FREE SPHERE
with regard to ego psychology, a region of the ego that grows and operates without producing interior discord. Commonly referred…
CONGENITAL CATARACT
opaqueness of the lens of the eye ball which is existent at birth or takes place shortly following birth. Its…
CONJOINED TWINS
monozygotic twins whose bodies do not part fully while inutero thereby resulting in two bodies joined together that might be…
CONRADI'S DISEASE
introduced by German Dr. Erich Conradi, a hereditary illness categorized by small appendages, irregularities of the face and head, dry…
CONSENSUAL EYE REFLEX
a sensation wherein the pupil of a shaded eye ball shrinks and expanded when the other eye ball is prompted…
CONSILIENCE
introduced by American biologist Edward O. Wilson, the stance wherein the rules of biological evolution and the laws of physics…
CONSTANCY SCALING
the cognitive readjustment of a stimulant's trait wherein the stimulant is seen as unchanged by the observing circumstances.
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY
the magnitude to which an analysis or tool is able to gauge an abstract characteristic, capacity, or construct.