MIXED-STANDARD SCALE
is a test of behaviour evaluation. Participants are presented with a selection of behaviours and asked to evaluate them based…
MOLECULAR APPROACH
otherwise known as atomism, this approach stresses the importance of using elemental units in the analysis of any data.
MOTOR MEMORY
is the ability to remember specific motor movements, such as dance moves and then replicate them.
MULTIPLE REGRESSION
Is a statistical method where the linear relationship between two variables is examined.
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…
NEPIOPHILIA
describes a strong desire or feeling of sexual arousal by infants, a strand of paedophilia.
NEUROANATOMY
is the academic and scholastic study of physiological structures relating to the nervous system.
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…
NUMERICAL SCALE
any scale or gauging tol which renders a quantitative symbolization of an attribute.
OBSERVER DRIFT
gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.
ORAL SADISM
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the primitive impulse to utilize the mouth, lips, and teeth as tools of violence, mastery,…
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
a worker's commitment to an establishment and desire to continue to be a part of it. Organizational dedication is frequently…
OVERPAYMENT INEQUITY
a worker's understanding that they are being paid an amount which goes beyond what is fair, particularly in contrast with…
PARAKINESIS
noun. 1. with regard to parapsychology, reference: psychokinesis. 2. with regard to medicine, a synonym for parakinesia occurring every now…
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…