BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…
BEHAVIORAL TOXICITY
n. the acute, adverse effects of exposure to toxic substances. As to the severity of the condition, toxic substances such…
BILINEAL DESCENT
n. in lineage, refers to two lines of descent, considering both the patrilineal (paternal) and the matrilineal (maternal) sides. See…
BIOLOGICAL MEASURES
n. measures that are drawn from bodily activities of humans or from biological systems in nature. These make use of…
BLANK SCREEN
n. in psychoanalysis, refers to a figurative screen upon which a patient tries to project his or her innermost feelings…
BRIQUET'S SYNDROME
n. a personality disorder characterized by frequent, multiple complaints and treatment-seeking behavior despite the lack of physical symptoms to support…
CATEGORICAL PERCEPTION
n. in speech perception, refers to the phenomenon wherein test participants experience a difficulty in discriminating between accoustically-different stimuli which…
CONCEPTUAL DISORGANIZATION
not relevant, digressive, or confused oral proclamations, often consisting of neologisms and stereotypical words or phrases. Considered one of the…
CONDITIONAL REASONING
logic that takes the shape of if X, then Y. Within the context of formal logic, the phrase or sentence…
CONNECTED DISCOURSE
a fairly lengthy and incorporated part of language, like a penned disagreement or oral discussion.
CONSTANCY OF THE IQ
the propensity for intelligence quotient scores to essentially stay within the same area whenever the exact or an alike examination…
CONTAINMENT
noun. with regard to objects relation theory, the idea that either the maternal party or the examiner facilitates development and…
CONTINUOUS RATING SCALE
a measure upon which positions are allocated along a continuum instead of in accordance with classes. These kind of measures…
CONTROLLED OBSERVATION
an inspection made within the confines of standard and systematic circumstances instead of casual or incidental circumstances.