Neurology

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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.

ABC THEORY

a theory based on the RET approach developed in 1955 by Albert Ellis, proposing that Activating events are not the

A PRIORI TEST

the testing of an experiment's hypotheses prior to the actual performance of said experiment.

A-B DESIGN

a setup for experiments requiring the measurement of the dependent variable prior to onset of the experiment and again after

ABDUCTION

noun. 1. mobility of a specific body part or limb apart from the bodily figure. 2. the action of carrying