CATABOLISM
n. an aspect of metabolism which relates to the breakdown of larger, more complex molecules into smaller, simpler substances with…
CATASTROPHIC REACTION
n. an inability to cope with trauma or shock that results in highly-disorganized behavior. This is characterized by deep feelings…
CATEGORICAL INTRUSION
n. a phenomenon whereby, during a test on memory recall, the participant recalls some items not included in the memorization…
CAT'S-EYE SYNDROME
n. a rare congenital defect wherein the eyes exhibit a cleft iris (cat's eye) appearance and the anus is imperforate.…
CAUSAL ORDERING
n. the basic principle which says that, temporally, causes must precede their effects. It follows that effects come after causes,…
CEILING AGE
n. the age level at which a child is unable to answer a standardized test correctly. It is the maximum…
CENESTHOPATHY
n. a general feeling of ill health which has not been pinpointed to a particular organ or region of the…
CARC-AND-PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS
Intervention by a court on a child's behalf to provide it with adequate care.
COMPUTER ANXIETY
powerful hesitation about computers and the use of them that is incommensurate to the literal danger presented by such appliances.…
COMPUTER-MANAGED INSTRUCTION
a strategy for directions wherein a computer is employed to help the teacher in implementing a method of individualized direction.…
CONCEPTION RATIO
1. with regard to human ecology, the ratio of men to women conceptualized, being around 150:100. Male embryos are far…
CONCILIATION
the activity or procedure of accommodating the standpoints of people or groups with appeals and objectives that differe, at least…
CONCRETISM
noun. 1. with regard to Jung's analytic psychology, a kind of thought or emotion which is reliant upon instant tangible…
CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY
the likelihood that an occurrence will take place given that another occurrence is already understood as having happened.
CONDITIONING OF ATTITUDES
the building or modification of a state of mind as an outcome of the correlation of an attitude object with…
CONFIDENTIALITY
noun. A standard of professional values necessitating suppliers of mental or medical healthcare to constrain the revealing of a person's…
CONFLICT THEORY
1. any abstract examination of the prompts and effects of interpersonal discord. 2. more narrowly, a sociological way that emphasizes…
CONGENITAL APHASIA
any disease of penned or vocalized correspondence capability stemming from a problem that existed at birth.
CONGRUITY THEORY
postulated by American psychologists PercyTannenbaum and Charles Osgood, a mental consistency theory which centers on the part of the convincing…