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KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal

LATENT INHIBITION

The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

FACTOR THEORY OF PERSONALITY

is one of the five models apart of the Big Five Model of Personality. The factor theory of personality is

FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL,

was first proposed by the U.S. psychiatrist Murray Bowen in the 1950s (1913 - 1990) as an extension to the

FIELD EXPERIMENT

an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are

FOLLOW-UP STUDY

the study undertaken to see if the short term effects of a therapy will continue after a certain period of

FREUDIAN THEORY OF PERSONALITY

A general psychoanalytic concept of character and personality being the product of fixations and experiences that stem form early stages

FUTURE ORIENTATION

a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.

GENDER REASSIGNMENT

1. changing a person's gender label due to being wrong at birth due to anomalous genitalia. 2. Use of surgery

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION

the term describing the tendency for a physical or mental condition or disorder to be able to be inherited by

GOAL ORIENTATION

1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending

GROUP ROLES

The sets of behaviour that is expected of people in certain roles within the group. Need to be defined in

INTERROLE CONFLICT

The role conflict that occurs when individuals have one role or more when within a group and the behaviours and

INVARIANT FEATURE

An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are

KOHLBERG'S THEORY

Broadly speaking the morally developed individual moves from a selfish concern with rewards and punishment through a reliance on fixed

LATENT LEARNING

Learning that occurs without awareness or conscious effort or intention. Learning may come from social cues, through rewards, or observations.

FAIRNESS

has a range of potential meanings, for example fairness could refer to the equal opportunity of job applicants when applying

FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY

is otherwise known as the Bowen Family Systems Theory. Family systems theory is a broad conceptual model which is the

FIELD NOTES

These are the notes that are taken when out in the field and observing an experiment or a phenomenon. They

FOOD FADDISM

the dietary practice based on exaggerated and often incorrect beliefs about the effects of food or nutrition on health, particularly