ASSESSMENT
1. in general, refers to the judgment of the quality, worth, importance, or value of something or someone. 2. may…
ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR CONSISTENCY
the extent to which a person's behavior is consistent with his or her attitude associated with that object. Positive attitudes…
AVERSIVE CONTROL
refers to the use of an aversive outcome, such as punishment or negative reinforcement, to control behavior, and eliminate undesirable…
BEHAVIOR HIERARCHY
n. in the study of of behavior, refers to a ranking of possible behavioral responses based on the relative probablity…
BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS
n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a…
BIOCHEMICAL DEFECT
n. a metabolic defect which contibutes to the onset of a neurological or psychiatric condition. This defect may either be…
CALIBRATION
n. the process of setting a measuring device in order to conform with a reference standard. These settings are either…
CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY
a place where elderly individuals can live with one another in a community setting, sharing meals and participating in group…
CONTRARIAN
someone who has a propensity to argue with another person or argue in refute of something, no matter what the…
COST-REWARD ANALYSIS
with regard to social psychology, a design which tries to depict helping behavior with respect to the supports and prices…
CRITERION GROUP
a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent…
ACTION-ORIENTED THERAPY
any sort of treatment which stresses starting and, of course, completing behaviors instead of spoken correspondence or perhaps conversation,
ADOPTION STUDY
a model of investigation that intends to ascertain an estimate of the level of genetic potential of a chosen attribute…
ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR
behavior carried out for the advantage of other people. Selfless behavior consists of a variety of approaches, such as expression…
APPETITIVE STIMULUS
In positive reinforcement (see positive reinforcement) this represents an unconditioned stimulus that an organism will approach. The effectiveness of this…
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
an instrument that is typically used in the evaluation of ability, achievement, interests, personality, psychopathology, or some other factor.
ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE
a person's characteristic tendencies when inferring the cause of behavior or events, that may be based on three dimensions: the…