CATEGORIZED LIST
n. a controlled list of items that is used in tests and experiments on memory. The list prompts a free…
CAUSATIVE VERB
n. a verb form which expresses a causal relationship between the subject and the object of a sentence. For example,…
CELL ASSEMBLY
n. In Hebbian theory, refers to a group of neurons organized as a single, functional unit. Through synaptic plasticity, the…
CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D)
n. a self-administered screening test which is commonly-used to assess a person's depression quotient. On a 20-item rating scale, this…
CATATONIC EXCITEMCNT
A time of extreme restlessness and excessive and seemingly useless motor activity.This is a symptom of catatonic schizophrenia.
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
the procedure in which coded directives are rendered to a computer in effort to guide its performance in a certain…
CONCEALED MEASUREMENT
a gauged measure reached in a way that the party involved in not aware that a trait is being gauged.
CONCEPTUAL DISORGANIZATION
not relevant, digressive, or confused oral proclamations, often consisting of neologisms and stereotypical words or phrases. Considered one of the…
CONCORDANCE IN TWINS
with regard to twin analyses, the likelihood that a chosen feature or illness in one twin will be demonstrated in…
CONCURRENT SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT
a process in operant conditioning wherein more than one unique support schedules, each correlated with an independent response, are in…
CONDUCTION
noun. With regard to physiology, the communication of arousal in a muscle, nerve, or other tissue.
CONFIRMATION
with regard to purposive behavior, the satisfaction of an anticipation that strengthens the behaviors that facilitated the satisfaction.
CONGENITAL OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA
a disease which is existent at the time of birth, wherein a baby is not capable of focusing on items…
CONJUNCTION
noun. With regard to language, an operative term whose purpose is to fuse at least two sentence components or entire…
CONSCIOUS 1 (CS)
with regard to Freud's classical psychoanalytic theory, the area of the mind that consists of thoughts, emotions, interpretations, and other…
CONSENTIENCE
noun. A smaller variation of awareness credited to animals not of human nature.
CONSISTENT MISSING
with regard to parapsychology via the employment of zenger cards or like materials, the sensation wherein a party's attempts are…