CONTIGUITY OF ASSOCIATIONS
the idea that a cognitive attachment or correlation is generally developed between two items, events, or behaviors that are closeby…
CONTINGENT REWARD
with regard to behaviorist theory, any societal, representative, or material advantage whose introduction to a person is determined based on…
CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT (CRF)
in operant and instrumental conditioning, the strengthener of each reaction.
CONTRAPREPARED BEHAVIOR
a behavior which is quite hard, if not impossible, for a specific set of persons or animals to acquire.
CONTRASUGGESTIBILITY
noun. a propensity to act or speak the contrary of what has been recommended or asked for.
CONTROLLED PROCESSING
with regard to cognitive psychology, attentive processing, which is production that necessitates management, hard work, and aims and objectives.
CONVERGENT VALIDITY
a type of construct validity based upon the level to which the gauging tool being examined shows vast involvement with…
CONVULSION
noun. A non-deliberate, standardized, aggressive muscle contraction, sometimes of tonic nature, sometimes of clonic nature.
COPING-SKILLS TRAINING
academic interferences or remediation to accelerate or enhance someone's capacity to control a wide range of frequently awkward or worry-eliciting…
CORNEAL REFLECTION TECHNIQUE
a way of researching eye ball motions employing light that the cornea reflects.
CORRECT DETECTION
with regard to signal detection tasks, a correct interpretation of an objective stimulant by the trial parties wherein the indicator…
CORRELATION MATRIX
a symmetric matrix, square in shape, which shows the magnitude of correlation between two traits scaled so that the value…
CORTICAL CONTROL
1. the typical management of an action or event. 2. management of a prosthetic device by indications documented by the…
CORYBANTIC RITES
with regard to the classical world, orgy-like rituals entertained with respect to Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, and to Dionysua,…
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
the department of psychology which specializes in cultivating individual and private operating among one's lifetime. This type of psychology centers…
COUNTERIDENTIFICATION
noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, a type of countertransference wherein the psychoanalyst sympathizes and aligns with the client.
COVERT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
with regard to behavior therapy, a method wherein someone visualizes engaging in a favorable action which is follow by an…