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EMOTIONAL MATURITY

Using the appropriate level of emotional expession and control. See emotional immaturity.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT

A aspect of the environment that discourages the development of skills and abilities.

EVALUATION APPREHENSION

The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.

EXPERIMENTER BIAS

An error occuring from the expectations of the experimenter.

LEARNING TYPES

Different styles of learning such as some groups of people prefer visual based learning whilst others prefer textbook based learning.…

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.…

MANIFEST GOAL

is the openly stated goal or aim of a specific piece of research. This goal will be evaluated at the…

MATERNAL AGGRESSION

is the process during which a female will protect her offspring in the case another threatens their safety by means…

MEDICAL AUDIT

is the systematic and usually thorough evaluation of the entire diagnostic, treatment processes and the caring general process of an…

METAMOTIVATION

are the motives behind character growth, character expression, maturation and general development. These factors operate on the self-actualization and transcendence…

MOLAR ANALYSIS

considers overall relationships between the measurements themselves, such as the average response rates to rates of reinforcement extended overa a…

MOTHER-SON INCEST

describes the carnal relationship or sexual intercourse between a mother and son.

MULTIPLE-APTITUDE TEST

is a group of tests which are used to examine the participants IQ yielding information about their subject abilities opposed…

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…

OBJECTIVE TEST

an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…

ORAL-RECEPTIVE PERSONALITY

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, a character trend marked by reliance, optimism, and presumption of nourishment and care from exterior…

OUTCOME INTERDEPENDENCE

a social scenario wherein at least two people have shared influence over each other's results.

PARENTAL BEHAVIOR

the procedure involved in preparation for the birth of offspring and the behavior of one or both parents which assist…

PEER PRESSURE

the impact exerted by a peer group on its separate members to fit in with or conform to group expectations…