Epilepsy

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APPROACH-AVOIDANCE CONFLICT

ambivalence or conflict that arises when a goal has both desirable and undesirable aspects or consequences, leading the individual to

ATTENDANT CARE

1. nonmedical, in-home personal care provided to individuals with a physical or mental disability. Typically, these people can live independently

AUTONOMIC CONDITIONING

the process describing the achievement of conscious control over autonomic processes (e.g., heart rate) through biofeedback training, meditation, yoga, or

BASELINE

n. a line that serves as a basis or reference point for observing behavior. Because this behavioral performance is stable,

BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

n. a process of studying and evaluating behavior in order to identify problem areas. The procedure also involves observing, reporting,

BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY

n. the capacity and degree to which human behavior can be altered by environmental factors such as learning and social

BIPOLAR

adj. the condition of vacillating between two extreme poles, for instance, that of mania and depression. The term usually applies

CATALEPSY

n. a trance-like condition in which a person is observed to be in a state of prolonged and sustained unresponsiveness.

CONDITIONED

correlated with or explanatory of behavior whose existence, manner of demonstration, or both is the outcome of experience. The two

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY

the magnitude to which an analysis or tool is able to gauge an abstract characteristic, capacity, or construct.

COORDINATION LOSS

in sets, a lessening of progression as a result of impaired incorporation tactics, behaviors, and donations by individual members of

COUNTERATTITUDINAL BEHAVIOR

actions which do not align with an outlook.

CULTURAL

adjective. Culture-bias theory that gauges of intellect might be prejudice or carry a preference for some members over other specific

ABUSE POTENTIAL

the ability a drug retains to keep someone dependent on it. Such ability is often directly correlated with how the

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.

ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME

a disorder created by the actions of anticholinergic drugs, which have caused unwanted effects on the central and peripheral nervous

APPROPRIATE AFFECT

an expression of mood, emotion or feeling that is congruent with the subject matter being discussed or witnessed.

ATTENDING BEHAVIOR

any behavior engaged in while attentively listening. For example, exhibiting an open, interested posture, maintaining eye contact, and using an

AUTONOMIC HYPERACTIVITY

arousal of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which results in physiological symptoms like anxiety and fear (e.g., sweating, palpitations, dry