DIRECTIVE COUNSELING
The approach to conselling that follows a line relevant to the client. Also called directive psychotherapy.
EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION
Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.
EMPIRICAL GROUNDING
Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.
EPILEPTOGENIC FOCUS
The small area of the brain where the electrical impulses causing seizures originate.
EXACT REPLICATION
Repeating an experiment where the goal is to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.
EXTERNAL VALIDITY
The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.
LOOKING-GLASS SELF
is a theory which attempts to explain the mechanism and reasoning behind humans consistent attempts to evaluate their own performance…
MATCHING LAW
states that proportion of responses to an allocated to an alternative will match the proportion of reinforcement obtains from that…
MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (MSE)
a complete evaluation of a patients mental health taking into consideration data including interviews taken by professionals to standardized tests.
MODERATOR VARIABLE
with respect to statistics, a moderator variable is entirely unrelated to the criterion variable but it is still related to…
MULTIPLE HURDLE MODEL OF SELECTION
is a battery of selection test typically employed when someone is applying for a position, they must pass each station…
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
is the removal, prevention or negative reinforcement of a stimulus of a response which will increase the likelihood of that…
NULL HYPOTHESIS
the statement postulating an experiment will find no variations between the control and experimental states, which is, no union between…
PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST
an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.
PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.
PHENOMENON
noun. 1. a viewable occurrence or physical one. 2. with regard to philosophy, something interpreted by the senses. With regard…