FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUZZY TRACE THEORY
a theory proposing that information is encoded on a continuum from precise traces to fuzzy traces. Developmental differences in cognition…
GENDER SCHEMA
the term that applies to the organized set of beliefs and expectations that guides a person's understanding of gender or…
INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (1S1)
Stimulus and the time between presentations, and are timed usually from one end of the presentation stimulus and to the…
KUDER PREFERENCE RECORD
Individuals are required to select their preferred activity from a series of three choice items. It will yield the percentage…
TERATOGENIC
eliciting developmental irregularities within a fetus. A teratogen is an agent or procedure which elicits such irregular or odd growth;…
THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES
a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity…
TRANSGENDER
adjective. having or correlating to gender identities which vary from culturally defined gender roles and biological gender. Transgender states are…
UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS US)
a stimulant which induces an unconditioned reaction, as in withdrawal from a hot stovetop, contracting of the pupil upon exposure…
VERBAL COMPREHENSION
a person's capacity to comprehend the language utilized by other people, as ascertained by their receptive vocabulary and linguistics abilities.
WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (WAYS)
a 66-object survey delivered to determine thoughts and actions which adults utilize to deal with distressful experiences in day to…
ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
with regard to Levvygotsky's sociocultural theory, the difference between a kid's actual degree of capacity and the degree of capacity…
TERRITORIALITY
noun. 1. an animal's defending of a particular geographic region from intrusion by other members of the identical species.
TIME OUT (TO) 1
1. a method, stemming from within behavior therapy, wherein unfavorable actions are weakened and their occurrences lessened, commonly by moving…
TRANSIENCE
noun. impermanence which indicates ending and might elicit anticipation of loss. With regard to classical psychoanalytic theory, the idea that…
UNCONTROLLED VARIABLE
a variant which isn't controlled or gauged by the investigator during an experiment or analysis.