BEHAVIORAL CONTINGENCY
n. that possibility that there may or may not be a relationship between an individual's specific response and the frequency…
BEING COGNITION 1 (B-COGNITION)
n. in humanistic psychology, a new type of cognition which leads to fully experiencing and realizing one's self (self-actualization, B-cognition)…
BINARY VARIABLE
in statistics, refers to a variable that has only one of two values or codes (either-or). Common examples include male…
BIOLOGICAL THERAPY
n. a form of treatment designed to restore normal health and well-being. Relying on the immune system, it taps on…
BLINDSIGHT
n. the ability of sightless people to experience visual stimuli and respond to it within their visual field. Even without…
BOUNDARY ISSUES
n. in therapy and health care, refers to ethical issues which surround the relationship between a therapist and a patient.…
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.…
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.
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…