UNDERSTANDING
1. the procedure of attaining knowledge about oneself or other people or of understanding the meaning or significance of something,…
VISUAL ILLUSION
a misinterpretation of exterior visual stimulants which takes place as an outcome of either a pathological condition or a misperception…
TENSION REDUCTION
relief of emotions of tension. A multitude of methods might be utilized for this reason.
THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES
a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity…
TRANSITIONAL PROBABILITY
the likelihood of progressing from one state or condition to another state or condition.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
with regard to therapy and counseling, the intimate experiences which have been inhibited or jobs which have been veered away…
VISUAL IMAGERY
cognitive imagery which consists of the sense of having "images" in the mind. These pictures might be memories of formative…
TERMINAL BEHAVIOR
1. with regard to free-operant conditioning under interval-based reinforcement, actions that are predominant within the time briefly prior to reinforcement…
TIME DISTORTION
a form of perceptual distortion, at times, experienced in modified states of awareness, wherein time seems to pass either with…
TRANSPARENCY
noun. 1. genuineness in relating to other individuals, with little attempt at making a positive impression. 2. the state of…
UNIVERSALITY
1. the propensity to presume that one's personal traits and personality features, inclusive of outlooks and morals, are shared in…
PROBLEM BEHAVIOR
Behavior that is determined to be destructive, antisocial or against the common good.
PSEUDOMEMORY
A false memory. A recollection of events that never actually happened. Pseudomemory differs from a memory that is simply inaccurate.…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
The opinion that most psychological phenomena are determined by outside forces out of the control of the individual experiencing them.…
PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSOR
A major life influencing event that leads to intense stress so profound that it can contribute to the development or…
RECIPROCAL ALTRUISM
A type of helping behavior that is perpetuated when one individual helps another at some future time the second individual…
RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
A feeling of deprivation occurring when one compares themselves to another, regardless of objective reality. Se also: social comparison theory.
RESPONSE SET
Inclination to provide answers to queries in a methodical way, regardless of the content of the question. See also: response…