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FORMATIVE EVALUATION

the name of the process that is concerned with helping to improve or guide the development of a program through

FUNCTION

1. Use or purpose of a thing. 2. Biology. Action of an organism contributing to its fitness. 3. Mathematical procedure

GENDER

Term for the condition of being male or female or neuter. Sex refers to the biological aspects of male and

GROUP HARMONY

This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.

INTERVENING VARIABLE

1. Is an entity and hypothetical and is influenced by an independent variable and influences in turn a variable dependent.

ITEM VALIDITY

In a test or experiment the extent to which an individual item measures what it purports to measure.

FEELING

1. The self contained experience of phenomena. The feelings are subjective and are independent of the sensory modality. 2. Any

FREE ASSOCIATION

the basic process in psychoanalysis and other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy where patients are encouraged to verbalise freely whatever thoughts

FUNCTIONAL

1.Psychology. Denoting or referring to a disorder where normal behavior changes without an observable organic or structural cause. 2. Generally,

GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION

the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho

GROUP MORALE

the term describing the group members

INTERVENTION RESEARCH

Activities designed to measure how much better a situation is after modification that is systematic and to measure or has

JOHN HENRY EFFECT

an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.

EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE

is a variable which inadvertantly effects the course of an experiment, specifically the dependent variable, normally without the knowledge of

FIELD DEPENDENCE

cognitive style where the person relies on external cues rather than internal cues. These people are susceptible to deceptive cues

FREE WILL

Name used to describe the capacity that a person has for making their own decisions and directions in life. We

FUNCTIONAL AGE

term for a person's age that is determined as a measure of their functional capabilities that have been indexed to

GENERALIZABILITY

the term that applies to the accuracy with which results or findings can be transferred to situations or people other

GROUP SOLIDARITY

The sense of fellowship and community displayed by members of a collective who are united by shared purposes, responsibilities and

INTERVIEW

A conversation that is directed in which a clinician, employer, therapist, researcher or (the interviewer) intends to elicit specific information