CONTROLLED OBSERVATION
an inspection made within the confines of standard and systematic circumstances instead of casual or incidental circumstances.
CONVERGENT STRABIS
noun. 1. with regard to animal behavior research, the swapping of children between litters as a way of parting the…
CONVOLUTION
noun. A maneuvering or rotating of something, particularly the surface region of the brain.
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
1. acquiring knowledge in small teams, wherein it is anticipated that each member will use their experiences and skills to…
COPING STRATEGY
a behavior, sequence of behaviors, or mental process employed to satisfy a taxing or unfavorable scenario or in changing one's…
CORIOLIS EFFECTS
introduced by French physicist Gaspard de Coriolis, the propensity for any mobile organism on or above the surface of the…
CORPUS LUTEUM
a yellow-toned glandular growth in the ovary that exists following a graftian follicle explosion and subsequent release of an egg.…
CORTICAL CENTER
1. a region of the cerebral cortex wherein motor fibers begin or sensory fibers end. 2. a region of the…
CORTICAL UNDERCUTTING
a kind of prefrontal lobotomy once utilized to manage serious emotional and cognitive illness or ailment wherein the skull was…
COUNSELING
professional help in handling and processes private problems, such as behavior-related, job-related, marriage, school, rehabilitative, school-based, life-stage, and emotionally rooted…
COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING
1. pretend methods wherein happenings in someone's life may have ended up a different way. Emotions of regretfulness or dismay…
COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT
any analysis, remedy, consultation, or other service for accused individuals, claimants of a crime, or those who have committed such…
COVERT NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
with regard to behaviors therapy, an approach wherein the patient initially visualizes an negative occurrence so because of this changes…
CRANIAL BIFIDA
a hereditary disorder formed by an impression in the center of the forehead in the shape or a horseshoe.
CREMASTER MUSCLE,
that which inflicts retraction of the testicles toward the abdominal area, stemming from cold temperatures or the caressing of the…
CRIMINOLOGY
the empiric examination of crime and unlawful behavior, as well as its causes, inhibition, and reprimands.
CRITERION GROUP
a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent…