OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
in the DSM-IV-TR, a behavioral disorder of the younger years marked by repetitive disobedient, aversive or violent actions in the…
ORIENTING RESPONSE
1. a behavioral reaction to a changed, new, or abrupt stimulant, for instance, turning one's head toward the location of…
PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE
an instruction by a therapy professional toward the client to do exactly the opposite of what common sense would guide…
PERIPHERAL ROUTE TO PERSUASION
the procedure wherein outlooks are cultivated or altered as a result of utilizing peripheral cues instead of cautiously examining and…
PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING
an individual planning procedure which centers upon individual's gifts, talents, inclinations, and achievements. In the case of an individual with…
PILOT STUDY
a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.…
DECEPTION RESEARCH
Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.
DIFFERENTIAL EMOTIONS THEORY
A theory ythat proposes there is a large but limited number of emotions that appear without any social learning.
DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT
A strange situation where a form of insecure attachement occurs where an infant shows no consistent behaviour when separated and…
DUAL PROCESS THEORY
1. A theory that response to stimuli allows control of behaviour in 2 stages. 2. Memoery theory. Operation of 2…
EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE
The advice given to students to help them make suitable decisions regarding education. See educational counselling.
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.
EXTERNALITY EFFECT
Tendency of babies less than 1 month old to only see the external side of a figure and not the…
LIFE-CHANGE UNIT (LCU)
a unit of measurement which is found on the life-events rating scale. The life-events rating scale assigns values to potential…
MAINSTREAMING
the theory that by placing children with either (sometimes both) physical and cognitive conditions which impair their ability to learn…