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MULTIPLE HURDLE MODEL OF SELECTION

is a battery of selection test typically employed when someone is applying for a position, they must pass each station

NORMATIVE RESEARCH

research that is engaged in merely to determine norms.

OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY

any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging,

PASSIVE LISTENING

with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, attentive listening by a counselor or therapy professional without impeding upon or disrupting the

PHARMACOTHERAPY

noun. the remediation of a disorder by the delivery of drugs, in contrast to such methods as psychotherapy, surgery, or

DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING

The failure to see a problem because the symptoms are attrinuted to another disability. See dual dignosis.

DISTRESS

A negative emotional state with no identifiable quality.

EFFECT SIZE

The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.

ESTABLISHING OPERATION

Any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a punisher or reinforcer.

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Any research based on random experiments to draw a causal inference.

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.

MATCHING LAW

states that proportion of responses to an allocated to an alternative will match the proportion of reinforcement obtains from that

METHODOLOGICAL OBJECTIVISM VERSUS METHOD

first proposed by U.S. psychologist Robert I. Watson (1909 - 1980) is a prescriptive dimension which can be used to

MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP

In the context of psychology, a multiple relationship may arise between a psychologist and a non-professional, potentially: concurrently is in

NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)

in the DSM-IV-TR, designating a widely-based diagnostic classificaton, for instance, depressive disorder not otherwise ascertained. The NOS diagnosis is selected

ORGANIC

adjective. 1. designating a state or illness which is essentially somatic or physical, as compared to operational or psychogenic. 2.

PATHOLOGY

1. operational modifications in someone or an organ corresponding to or stemming from illness or disorder. 2. the scientific analysis

PHENOMENON

noun. 1. a viewable occurrence or physical one. 2. with regard to philosophy, something interpreted by the senses. With regard

DIAGNOSTICITY

The value of information gained from an interaction, feedback or event by a person seeking self-knowledge.

DIVERGENT THINKING

Thinking that formulates new solutions to problems. Compare convergent thinking.