CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS
founded by American psychiatrist Mardi Horowitz, an incorporated psychodynamic design for case development, therapy, and result evaluation. Maladaptive attitudes in…
CONFLUENCE MODEL
a dubious and likely indefensible theory that levels of intellect observed in brothers and sisters are related to the magnitude…
CONGENITAL DEAFNESS
an inability to hear that is present at birth, no matter what the cause.
CONJOINT THERAPY
therapy wherein the two parties in a union or the individuals making up a family unit are rendered treatment at…
CONSCIENCE
a person's knowledge or right and wrong. With regard to psychoanalysis, is the superego, or moral part of the person's…
CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE
the theory that medically sound and well-developed persons work to be steady in terms of their viewpoints, state of mind,…
CONSTELLATION
noun. With regard to cognitive psychology, a set of concepts with a customary style or correlation.
CONSTRUCTIONAL DYSPRAXIA
a handicapped capacity to reform optical imagery as works of art or various other types of building.
CONSULTING
noun. The utilization of the specific trade, experience, and specialization of a person or team of people to guide other…
CONSUMMATORY RESPONSE
proposed by American euthologist Wallace Craig, the definitive reaction in a sequence of behavior targeted at the achievement of a…
CONTENT VALIDITY
the degree to which an analysis gauges a symbolizing example of the topic content or behavior that is being analyzed.
CONTIGUITY LEARNING THEORY
a theory by Edwin R. Guthrie postulating that is a trend of incitement and a reaction happen concurrently in space…
CONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT
1. with regard to behaviorism, making the introduction of beneficial stimulants and, more seldom, the removal of unfavorable stimulants depending…
CONTINUOUS RECOGNITION TASK
a role of memory wherein a string of objects are displayed with other objects displayed on various instances within the…
CONTRAPREPARED
adjective. designating the condition of a living being with regard to reactions or correlations which are hard to acquire, specifically…
CONTRAST-SENSITIVITY FUNCTION (CSF)
a visual rendering of contrast sensitivity as an execution of spatial frequency.
CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION (COWA)
formed by American neuropsychologist Arthur Lester Benton, an examination that necessitates its volunteers cite all terms they are capable of…
CONVERGENT THINKING
the kind of critical thinking wherein a person examines a quantity of previously developed resolutions in effort to resolve an…