Epilepsy

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TEST BIAS

the propensity of an exam to systematically under- or over-estimate the authentic scores of people to whom the exam is

TOLERANCE

noun. 1. a condition, stemming from continual utilization of a drug, marked by a significant lessened impact with regular use

TRIPARTITE THEORY OF ATTITUDES

a theory of attitude structure postulating which an outlook is based upon or contains affective, mental, and behavioral elements.

VENTILATION

with regard to counseling and psychotherapy, a patient

TEST SOPHISTICATION

familiarity with a specific test or kind of test, that may impact the score achieved on future tests.

TONIC EPILEPSY

a form of epilepsy wherein tonic muscle contracting takes place, but not clonic ones.

TRUE EXPERIMENT

an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.

VERBAL COMPREHENSION

a person's capacity to comprehend the language utilized by other people, as ascertained by their receptive vocabulary and linguistics abilities.

THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)

a projective test wherein involved parties are held to reveal their outlooks, emotions, problems, and personality traits within the written

TRAINING

noun. with regard to Gestalt psychology, the utilization of the solution to one problem in solving another problem which shares

TRUE SCORE

with regard to classical test theory, the portion of a gauge or score which depicts the actual quantity of the

VERBAL CONDITIONING

the conditioning of a verbal reaction via reinforcement, generally rendered in the form of reward or positive attention. The experiment

TECHNICAL ECLECTICISM

with regard to integrative psychotherapy, the utilization of methods from many different theoretical contexts to manage the involved problems a

THEORY

a managerial philosophy which tries to integrate facets of Japanese management practices into American corporate society. It stresses participative decision-making

TRAIT THEORY

approaches which explain character traits with regard to individual facets of one's personality, that being, interior traits which are thought

TWILIGHT STATE

a state of clouded awareness wherein the person is transiently not aware of their current environment, experiences fleeting auditory or

VERIFICATION

noun. the procedure of mandating the truth or correctness of something, specifically the utilization of unbiased, empirical information to challenge

TELEOLOGY

1. the position that specific phenomena are best comprehended and depicted with regard to their reasons and functions instead of

THEORY OF MIND

the capacity to imagine or form opinions about the cognitive states of other people: What does the other person know?

TRAIT-NEGATIVITY BIAS

the propensity for negative character traits to play a greater role than positive character traits in determining overall impressions and