MIDLIFE CRISIS
typically occurs between the ages of 45 to 60 and is gender non-specific. There is no one biological reason for…
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…
PEER REVIEW
the assessment of scientific or academic piece, like research or written pieces turned into journals for publishing, by other skilled…
PILOT TESTING
the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.
DECISIONAL BALANCE
A way to assess positive and negative consequences of choosing a new behaviour.
EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY 1
1. Expressing emotions without restraint. 2. Lay term for maladjustment.
EVALUATION APPREHENSION
The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.
MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MEDIATING BEHAVIOR
behaviours that can increase the rate or more likely increase the probability of reinforcement of the target behaviour.
MIND-BODY PROBLEM
is the inability to accounting for a relationship between the mental and physical processes in the body. Solutions to the…
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
usually employs an observational method where a research study is conducted primarily in the field without the control of the…
PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.