CATEGORICAL THOUGHT
n. a form of abstract thinking which involves more of the use of philosophical concepts and generalized classifications. This is…
CELL MIGRATION
n. a process central to the development of multicellular structures. It involves the movement of cells from their site of…
CONCEPTUAL MODEL
1. a plot or drawing employed to symbolize the correlations between two things and their traits in a visual way.…
CONDITIONAL STRATEGY
the capacity of living beings to produce varying behavioral techniques adequate enough for present frameworks and circumstances.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
the lessening of conflict and tension between people or teams, generally via the utilization of active methods, like negotiating or…
CONNECTIONISM
postulated by Edward I. Thorndike, the idea that learning consists of the obtaining of unbiased correlations between reaction and stimulant.
CONSTANT ERROR
a step-by-step prejudice or mistake in a specific way. With regard to motor management and psychophysics, constant error is obvious…
CONTAMINATION
noun. 1. the analysis and trial and error processes of allowing information, anticipations, or other elements concerning a variable under…
CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT (CRF)
in operant and instrumental conditioning, the strengthener of each reaction.
CONVENTIONAL LEVEL
with regard to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the moderately advanced degree of moral reasoning, marked by someone's alignment with…
CORPUS CALLOSUM
an immense pathway of nerve fibers traveling over the longitudinal fissure of the brain and linking the cerebral hemispheres. It…
CORTICOSTEROID
noun. Just about any of the steroid chemicals generated by the adrenal cortex. Commonly referred to as adrenocorticoid or adrenosteroid.
COVERT DESENSITIZATION
a type of desensitization therapy wherein a person is assisted in mastering a worry or fear by learning to be…
CRONBACH'S ALPHA
a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.…
CULTURAL COMPETENCY
1. ownership of the abilities and insight which are recommended for and particular to a chosen culture. 2. the ability…
CULTURE-FAIR TESTS
examinations of intellect based upon shared human experience and purported to be generally unbiased with regard to special cultural impacts.…
DEAUTOMATIZATION HYPOTHESIS
An idea that states automatic processes cab be controlled by conscious and voluntary control. See automaticity.
ABSOLUTE JUDGMENT
a judging process in which something is objectified as being one-dimensional and classified based on a single trait. (see also:…
ACTIVE DECEPTION
the manner of deliberately confusing study volunteers, for instance, by providing them with incorrect data regarding the objective of the…