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…
BIOECOLOGICAL THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE
n. a less-than-traditional approach to the study of intelligence. This theory recognizes the role of society and the environment in…
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL SYSTEM
n. in the context of illness and disease, refers to a systematic approach to the study of mental health in…
BODY BOUNDARIES
n. A component of body image in which there may be definite or indefinite boundaries set by personality. For instance,…
BRAIN GRAFT
n. the introduction of new, healthy tissue to a diseased part of the brain. It involves either a surgical implantation…
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
a term which describes nonlinear causal relationships, in the way that the fluttering of a butterfly's wings in one side…
CASANOVA COMPLEX
n. a strong desire that drives a man to make as many sexual conquests or take as many lovers as…
CAUSAL CHAIN
A hypothetical or actual sequence of events which lead to a particular effect. The chain of events must be ordered…
COMREY PERSONALITY SCALES (CPS)
created by American psychologist Andrew Laurence Comrey, a reserve of personal differences in 8 personality characteristics designed mainly through factor…
CONCRETE IMAGE
a vision that is recollected with respect to certain sense factors, like the smell of a specific perfume.
CONDUCTION
noun. With regard to physiology, the communication of arousal in a muscle, nerve, or other tissue.
CONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY
a type of recollection characterized by the utilization of basic insights retained in the memory to build a more thorough…
CONTEXT CLUES
signs offered by the surrounding framework which allow a reader to understand a term that isn't a sight word.
CONTRAPREPARED BEHAVIOR
a behavior which is quite hard, if not impossible, for a specific set of persons or animals to acquire.
CONVERSATIONAL INFERENCE
the manner in which individuals participating in talk correspondence can often imply the connotations meant to be rendered by other…