SACRED DISEASE
Ancient Greek designation for epilepsy, which they thought to be indicative of divine communication.
PRIMARY PREVENTION
A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy strong on psychoanalytical tradition; viewing individuals as reacting to unconscious forces. Common traits of the psychodynamic approach are an…
PSYCHOPHYSICAL FUNCTION
Also known as psychometric function, psychophysical function is the mathematical relationship comparing the strength of a stimulus and the strength…
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
An experiment in which participants are assigned to either control groups or experimental groups in a non-random manner.
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
A technique for correlating the computation of the most likely value of one variable from the known value of another.…
REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC
Psychological term in which people judge the probability of a hypothesis by ascertaining how well the hypothesis mimics available data.…
SAFETY NEEDS
Second tier in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, following physiological requirements for human survival. These needs include personal security (absence of…
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
Statistically, a technique that completely reproduces an interrelationship amongst many correlated variables with a smaller number of "principle components" that…
PROPOSITION
In the field of philosophy, a proposition is anything that is either asserted or denied and is capable of being…
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Interpretation and integration of gathered data to come to a conclusion regarding the psychological and physiological state of a particular…
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
The utilization of data from EEG, EKG, EMG and EOG measurements for the inference of psychological processes and emotions.
REGRESSION EFFECT
Proclivity of a subject who scores either very high or very low on a test to perform more toward the…