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 SEQUENCE
An order that is unchanging and in stage theories of development and in the order in which the stages of…
LAW OF FREQUENCY
The theory that learning increases with the repetition of a process. Also known as the law of repetition.
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…
FRIENDSHIP NETWORK
the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
GENDER ROLE
the pattern of behaviour, personality traits and attitudes defining masculinity or femininity in a certain culture. Determined by upbringing that…
GENETIC THEORY
1. the view that behaviour can be explained in terms of hereditary and development. 2. The theoretical principles accepted in…
GOAL SPECIFICITY
a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.
GROUP TEST
the term that is applied to the test administered to several individuals simultaneously. Compare individual test.
INTERRUPTED-TIME-SERIES DESIGN
Experimental de-sign with an intervention and the effects of it are compared and evaluated with an outcome that is measured…
KUDER PREFERENCE RECORD
Individuals are required to select their preferred activity from a series of three choice items. It will yield the percentage…
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…