ACTOR-OBSERVER EFFECT
with regard to attribution theory, the propensity for people operating within a scenario to credit the reasons for their disruptive…
AFFECTIVE STATE
any kind of sentimental condition, often in which someone's feelings control their consciousness.
ANTICIPATORY COPING
a stress-management technique enacted prior the encountering of a stressful event. It may involve minimizing the problems associated with the…
APRACTAGNOSIA
refers to an impaired ability to organize, remember, and/or perform a sequence of movements or skilled motor activities. May also…
ATTENUATION
1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication…
AUTONOMIC REACTIVITY
1. the extent or level to which an organism responds physiologically to a stimulus, such as a stressor in the…
BASIC RESEARCH
n. a research study done purely for science and knowledge without necessarily being directed at a goal or attempting to…
BEHAVIORAL COACHING
n. a process in which a client is taught, trained, and guided towards learning a new behavior. The role of…
BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCE
n. a number or combination of behavioral incidents which are geared towards a specific purpose or outcome. Thus, much of…
BODILY-KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE
n. in multiple intelligence theory, refers to the intelligence to perform multiple tasks with coordination and handle finer objects with…
CATEGORICAL DATA
n. types of data which can be counted and divided into groups. Thus, they consist of counts in contrast to…
CONDITIONING
the manner in which specific types of experience make certain behaviors more or less probably.
COPING POTENTIAL
a person's judgment of the possibility of effectively controlling climate-related needs or individual promises and devotions.
COUNTERIDENTIFICATION
noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, a type of countertransference wherein the psychoanalyst sympathizes and aligns with the client.
CUMULATIVE RECORD
an ongoing document wherein new information is attributed. With regard to conditioning, a collective document is a graph demonstrating the…
ACCEPTANCE
noun. 1. an agreeable demeanor toward a concept, position, individual, or group. In regards to therapy, a welcoming and open-minded…
ACTUARIAL RISK ASSESSMENT
a mathematically measured prediction of the potential of a person who will present a danger to other people or have…
AFFECTIVE TONE
the state of mind or sense corresponding with a particular encounter or stimulant. In therapy, whenever a patient doesn't work…
ANTICIPATORY RESPONSE
a response that occurs prior to the evoking stimulus being presented.