ONE-SIDED MESSAGE
a message consisting of arguments which solely advocate one side of a problem. It is compared with a two-sided message,…
ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
those powers and procedures which facilitate progress, growth, and alteration in an establishment.
OVERREGULARIZATION
noun. a temporary error in language growth wherein the youth tries to make language more regular than it actually is,…
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…
PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
the learning of sensory skills during physical and psychological growth.
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
the slow growth of character in regard to temperament or characteristic emotional reactions, an identifiable way of life, personal parts…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
assessment of the functioning state of the body, an organ, or a tissue, inclusive of chemical and physical aspects and…
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS
Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.
DOUBLE STANDARD
A hypocritical belief where one behaviour is admissible in one group but not in the other.
ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.
EMBRYONIC STAGE
In humans it is about the 6 week period where the 3 layered embryo develops.
EMPIRICISM
Approach to epistemology holding that all knowledge of matters of fact comes from experience or needs experience for validation.
ESCAPE BEHAVIOR
A response that is designed to move away from aversive stimulus by withdrawal or entering a fantasy world. Compare avoidance…
EXEMPLIFICATION
The strategy a person uses to make other people regard them as highly moral and virtuous.
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
LIFE EVENTS
events which occur during the life cycle which can either be age related in which case involve events such as…
LOOKING-GLASS SELF
is a theory which attempts to explain the mechanism and reasoning behind humans consistent attempts to evaluate their own performance…
MARITAL SUBSYSTEM
Describes the relationship between two people in a marriage and their subsystems for conflict resolution and communication.