CONSTITUTION
noun. 1. the combined value of a person's inborn traits. 2. more generally, the primary psychological and tangible building blocks…
CONSTRUCTIVE CONFRONTATION
an initiative of organizational development wherein workers combine in an argumentative setting to determine, examine, and plan resolutions to employment-related…
CONTACT DESENSITIZATION
a variant of step-by-step desensitization which involves player modeling rather than relaxation practicing: utilized in particular in the remediation of…
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
philosophic innovations initiating from continental Europe in the midst of the twentieth century, covering movements like deconstruction, structuralism, existentialism, and…
CONTINUED-STAY REVIEW (CSR)
a useful survey wherein an inner or outer auditor decides whether or not ongoing inpatient healthcare is required on a…
CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
a haphazard variable that can adopt an endless quantity of values- wherein, a variable is gauged on a successive scale,…
CONTRECOUP
noun. neurological damage in one hemisphere of the brain stemming from forces impacting the opposite hemisphere.
CONTROLLING GOAL
an objective, generally posed by other people, which must be reached if one wants to obtain advantages for such.
CONVERSATION ANALYSIS
1. with regard to ergonomics, a technique employed to analyze a program or item that requires the investigation of correspondence…
CONVULSIVE THERAPY
any remediation that is based upon the prompting of a standardized seizure by drug-related or electrical methods.
COOPERATIVE TRAINING
a trade program for high school pupils wherein they are selected for positions correlating with the career fields they choose.…
COPROLAGNIA (KOPROLAGNIA)
noun. A perversion wherein the observation or thought or expelling feces might elicit carnal delight.
COROLLARY DISCHARGE
a neural indicator that encodes a replica of a suggested motor command, which is passed on to a construction within…
CORRECTION
noun. 1. an amount that is contributed, taken away, or otherwise altered to elevate the correctness of a measure. 2.…
CORTICAL DEMENTIA
dementia which stems from weakening of the cortical regions of the brain, instead of the subcortical regions. Most frequently occurring…
CORTICOFUGAL
depicting nerve fibers or paths that leave the cerebellar or cerebral cortex. These fibers are: cortinconuclear, corticopontine, and corticospinal types.