BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS
n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a…
BIOLOGICAL THERAPY
n. a form of treatment designed to restore normal health and well-being. Relying on the immune system, it taps on…
CAUSAL MECHANISM
n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using…
CORRECTIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
an idea stemming from psychoanalysis which postulates that patients acquire significant and intensive modification via new interpersonal affective events they…
CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
a department of psychology which examines likeness and difference in human actions spanning various cultures and recognizes the varying psychological…
ADAPTIVE SKILLS
events that necessitate self-management, such as managing urges, having the ability to get used to a unique surrounding, and also…
ASSOCIATIONISM
n. the theory that complex mental processes, such as thinking, learning, and memory, can be mainly explained by the associative…
BASIC RESEARCH
n. a research study done purely for science and knowledge without necessarily being directed at a goal or attempting to…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
CONFRONTATION
an assertion or aggressive difference. 2. the activity involved in openly confronting, or being motivated or mandated to confront, a…
CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN
a trial and error model wherein people of carrying ages or growth stages are compared to one another.
ANECDOTAL RECORD
a factual written record of a person's conduct, based on succinct, spontaneous, and descriptive observations made by an onlooker. This…
ATHLETIC COPING SKILLS INVENTORY (ACSI)
a common self-report inventory that is used to assess an individual