CONTROLLED OBSERVATION
an inspection made within the confines of standard and systematic circumstances instead of casual or incidental circumstances.
COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP
the interplay between therapist and patient wherein the union is of a professional nature, but also marked by sympathy, understanding,…
CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY
the magnitude to which a psychological trait is expressed in the exact same, or in an operationally equal, way in…
ACTIVATION THEORY OF EMOTION
the theory that feeling is measurable as a form of variation in a person's degree of fuel output (for example,…
ADJUSTMENT INVENTORY
a questionnaire utilized to evaluate someone's sentiment or their level of societal adjusting in contrast with an immense and illustrative…
AGITATED DEPRESSION
an instance of major depression classified by psychomotor aggravation, an ability to sit still, and being easily annoyed. Once referred…
ANNIHILATION
n. In psychoanalytic theory, this term refers to the complete destruction of the self. In object relations theory, this term…
APPROACH-AVOIDANCE CONFLICT
ambivalence or conflict that arises when a goal has both desirable and undesirable aspects or consequences, leading the individual to…
ATHLETIC COPING SKILLS INVENTORY (ACSI)
a common self-report inventory that is used to assess an individual
AUGMENTATION STRATEGIES
refers to mechanisms used to increase the effectiveness of psychotropic drugs- primarily by adding other agents. Augmentation strategies are commonly…
BACKWARD CONDITIONING
refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neutral stimulus. This arrangement does not produce…
BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION
n. first and foremost, a record of behavior from one day to the next. This gives the observer an idea…
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
n. in behavioral medicine, refers to a subspecialty which studies the reciprocal relationship between overall well-being of the person and…
BIOGENIC AMINE HYPOTHESIS
n. the hypothesis which postulates that a number of disorders (such as depression) result from a deficiency or excess in…
BOOSTER SESSIONS
n. in psychotherapy, refers to additional therapy sessions which are conducted periodically. These are done in order to assess the…
CATEGORICAL DATA
n. types of data which can be counted and divided into groups. Thus, they consist of counts in contrast to…
CONCORDANCE RATE
the amount of twin pairs or other genetically related persons who show a certain feature or illness.
CONNECTIONISM
postulated by Edward I. Thorndike, the idea that learning consists of the obtaining of unbiased correlations between reaction and stimulant.
CONVERGENT VALIDITY
a type of construct validity based upon the level to which the gauging tool being examined shows vast involvement with…