ADDITIVE TASK
a job or project that a mass of people may undertake by assembling individual persons' intentions or advantages. These kind…
AGITATED DEPRESSION
an instance of major depression classified by psychomotor aggravation, an ability to sit still, and being easily annoyed. Once referred…
AMOK (AMUCK)
a culturally influenced disorder seen in men in the Philippines, Malaysia, and other areas in the southeastern region of Adia.…
ANDROGENIZATION
n. a masculinizing process largely involving androgen hormones (i.e. testosterone), that results in the formation of male sex characteristics via…
ANTECEDENT VARIABLE
a variable that precedes another variable or consequence in a temporal sense. Although the consequence may not be related, both…
APPROACH-APPROACH CONFLICT
an emotionally conflicted situation involving a choice between two equally desirable but incompatible goals, for example, a person may want…
AROUSAL THEORY
1. the theory that the physical environment can affect arousal levels by stimulating brain-based mechanisms. Stress and arousal are created…
ASSESSMENT
1. in general, refers to the judgment of the quality, worth, importance, or value of something or someone. 2. may…
ASYNDETIC THINKING
distorted or disjointed thought processes in which ideas and images are fragmented or unconnected with each other. It is prevalent…
ATTENUATION THEORY
a part of the filter theory of attention, which proposes that unattended messages are attenuated (i.e., processed weakly) but not…
AUDITORY CONSONANT TRIGRAM (ACT)
a memory test in which a three-letter nonsense syllable, such as DCT, is presented verbally and the participant is asked…
AUTOCLITIC
n. a single unit of verbal behavior (a verbal operant) that depends on other verbal behavior, and changes the effect…
AUTOSTEREOTYPING
n. refers to the incorporation of stereotypes about the groups one belongs to into one's own self-concept. Also known as…
BACK-TRANSLATION
n. refers to the process of translating a statement or paragraph back to its original language.
BASE-RATE FALLACY
n. an error in prediction and decision-making which occurs when base rate is ignored as a prior probability. As such,…
BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS
n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a…
BELL'S PHENOMENON
n. a normal defense reflex, this is an observable upward-and-outward movement of the globes of the eyes when attempting to…