INTERVIEWER EFFECTS
An interviewers attributes and the influence and behaviours on the answers of a respondant. The appearance, demeanor, training, age, sex…
JOHN HENRY EFFECT
an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.
LANGUAGE CONTACT
The sociolinguistic situation in which two or more language communities come into contact for reasons of commerce or politics .
EXTRINSIC REWARD
is the binary opposite of intrinsic rewards. Extrinsic rewards are given to those after the observation of behaviours or conditions…
FAMILY INTERACTION METHOD
is one of the experimental techniques normally associated with observational studies which take place within a clinical or laboratory environment…
FEMININITY
a person in possession of social and role behaviours that are presumed to be characteristic of a girl or woman,…
FISHBOWL TECHNIQUE
a process used in groups where people form an inner and an outer circle. The outer circle observes the inner…
FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY
the tendency for drive motivated behavior to develop derivative drives, such that behavior may become independent of the original drive.…
GENDER CODING
the term used in assigning particular traits or behaviours exclusively or predominantly to males or females.
GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION
the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho
GRASP REFLEX
Involuntary reaction a person does when something touches the palm of their hand. Normal in infants before the cerebral cortex…
INTERDEPENDENCE
1. A dependence on 2 or more people, things, events or entities on each other. 2. A state where factors…
LANGUAGE DEFICIT
A delay in the normal speech and language development of a child due to some neurological disfunction.
EYE CONTACT
is otherwise known as mutual gazing between two people, it is the persistent gazing into the eyes of the individual…
FAMILY LIFE CYCLE
is the application of a purely Darwinistic approach to families, whereby life events such as marriage, or coupling (in select…
FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY
a trend for the poorest people in a western society to be women. It is attributed to a range of…