VALIDATION
noun. the procedure involved in identifying the correctness of a tool in gauging what it is made to gauge.
WEIGHTED APPLICATION BLANK (WAB)
with regard to personnel selection, a scored application type utilized to attain and assess biographical information. The applicant's reaction to…
THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)
a projective test wherein involved parties are held to reveal their outlooks, emotions, problems, and personality traits within the written…
TREATMENT EFFECT
the significance of the impact of a remediation upon the reaction variant within an analysis. It is generally gauged as…
VALUE-EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
the role one's outlook can play in the demonstration of core values. An individual may take on a positive outlook…
WELL-BEING
noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and…
TOKEN ECONOMY
with regard to behavior therapy, a program, at times, performed within an institutional setting, wherein favored actions are reinforced by…
TREATMENT PLAN
the suggested steps for intervening that the therapy professional or counselor plans following an evaluation of the patient being completed.…
VARIABLE STIMULUS
any one of a group of experimental stimulants which are to be compared to a constant stimulant, step-by-step.
WILL TO SURVIVE
the determination to live regardless of an adverse scenario or extreme situations. Commonly referred to as will to live.
PREVALENCE
A numerical value showing the total incidents of diseases or disorders in a specific population during a specific time-frame (called…
PRODROMAL SYNDROME
A syndrome characterized by traits the may predispose an individual to develop a psychological or neurological disorder.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
Psychoanalysis, as formulated by its developer, Dr. Sigmund Freud, is a treatment of psychological disorder and treatments. It is based…
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
A test designed to measure attributes useful to psychologists. These data points include scores for mechanical aptitude, abstract thinking, reasoning…
PUBLIC SELF
The public self is the view of oneself by others as conveyed through public information, public action and interaction with…
RATIONALIZATION
An explanation in which apparently logical reasons are given to justify unacceptable behavior. In psychoanalytical theory, such an outlook is…
RECONSTRUCTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Mental therapy aimed at fundamental and comprehensive adjustment of a subject's personality by improving the subject's comprehension of personality growth,…
REMINISCENCE
Act of recalling past experiences or events. In psychology, the ability to better perform a task after a period of…