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BUBBLE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL SPACE

n. an imaginary space which is theorized to surround each and everyone, such that it sets the distance between a

CAREER COUNSELING

n. consultation with a trained professional on specific goal-setting in order to change or improve the direction of one's career.

CATHEXIS

n. in psychoanalytic theory, refers to the Freudian concept of investing mental and emotional energy on a person or object.

CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D)

n. a self-administered screening test which is commonly-used to assess a person's depression quotient. On a 20-item rating scale, this

CONCILIATION

the activity or procedure of accommodating the standpoints of people or groups with appeals and objectives that differe, at least

CONDITIONED INHIBITION

the diminishment of a conditioned reaction which happens upon surfacing of a stimulant that has prior been experienced in various

CONFLICT THEORY

1. any abstract examination of the prompts and effects of interpersonal discord. 2. more narrowly, a sociological way that emphasizes

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

the propensity to be arranged, accountable, and possess a strong work ethic, interpreted as one end of a facet of

CONSTITUTIONAL FACTOR

a fundamental psychological propensity to add to character, nature, and the philosophy of certain physical and cognitive diseases. Said elements

CONTENT VALIDITY

the degree to which an analysis gauges a symbolizing example of the topic content or behavior that is being analyzed.

CONTRALATERAL

adjective. located upon or impacting the contrary side of the body.

CONVERGENCE THEORY

an abstract examination of collective behavior which presumes that cultural movements, masses and mobs take place whenever people with like

CORRECTION FOR ATTENUATION

an approach used for approximating the relations between the authentic rankings of two gauged factors by altering the noticed relations

COST OF CONCURRENCE

the decline that takes place in the operation of a task that is positioned in a dual-task context, even whenever

COVERT REHEARSAL

a method wherein either elaborative or rote repetitive practicing in one's mind or actions or terms is employed to better

CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

a department of psychology which examines likeness and difference in human actions spanning various cultures and recognizes the varying psychological

CULTURAL EPOCH THEORY

the once effective, but now widely disgraced theory that all people cultures go through like phases of economic and social

CUMULATIVE RESPONSE CURVE

a collective documentation, in graphical display, of the replies in a conditioning trial and error process. An absence of a

DECALAGE

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development about the invariant order that cognitive developments occur in. See horizontal or vertical decalage.

ABSTRACT LEARNING

mastery of ideas, theories, and notions, and how they work together