PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a conspicuous role which would...
STRANGULATED AFFECT
Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced in Sigmund Freud
PERSONAL-SPACE INVASION
the impeding by one individual into the personal space of another. The intruder improperly and uncomfortably crowds the other individual, without obvious motive.
JUNGIAN TYPOLOGY
a theory of personality that puts individuals into separate categories according to attitudes and dominant functions of the psyche.
PAIRING
with regard to behavioral analyses, the juxtaposing of two occurrences in time.
FIELD NOTES
These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They are not notes that...
AVERSION THERAPY
refers to a form of behavior therapy in which the client is conditioned to cease an undesirable behavior by associating it with noxious or...
ECHO PHENOMENON
Exhibiting echolalia or echopraxia or a combination of them.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE
Psychological distance refers to the extent that an individual has removed themselves from involvement with others.
REWARD
Layman terminology which is almost synonymous with the psychology term reinforcement.