CAUSAL MECHANISM
n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using…
CONDITIONING
the manner in which specific types of experience make certain behaviors more or less probably.
CONSTITUTIONAL FACTOR
a fundamental psychological propensity to add to character, nature, and the philosophy of certain physical and cognitive diseases. Said elements…
COOPERATING TEACHER
1. the well-honed skilled educator in the educator-pupil relationship. 2. a trained educator selected to oversee student educator interns who…
COUNTERBALANCING
the procedure involved in organizing a sequence of trial and error conditions or remedies in a way that lessens the…
CULTURE SHOCK
emotions of conflict within oneself or within a set of people that have been abruptly thrown into a culture they…
ABILITY TEST
1. a formatted or patterned way of examining mass groups of like individuals to determine the average intelligence and ability…
ACHIEVEMENT TEST
a norm-referenced and standardized test- the main goal of this examination is to calculate a persons existing skill level or…
ADOLESCENCE
the stage of development which begins with the pubescent years around the age of ten and continues up until physical…
AGE EFFECT
1. any sort of modification of emotional or mental operations or performances, based on age, such as escalated conformation during…
ANACLITIC IDENTIFICATION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the initial stage of the identification procedure, that is grounded in the youth's original dependency…
ANTITHESIS
1. an idea, or proposition that is opposite to or contradicts another proposition or idea. 2. in philosophy, this term…
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
the use of books, journals, documents, data sets, manuscripts, and other records or cultural artifacts in scientific research, that do…
ATTENDING BEHAVIOR
any behavior engaged in while attentively listening. For example, exhibiting an open, interested posture, maintaining eye contact, and using an…
AUTOMATIC DRAWING
the act of drawing images, doodles, or objects while in a hypnotic trance or in a situation in which the…
BACKUP REINFORCER
in behavior modification, this refers to a reward given to a client in return for tokens he or she has…
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
n. the use of behavior change techniques to increase the frequency of adaptive behavior and decrease that of maladaptive behavior.…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
BIOGRAPHICAL METHOD
n. the collection and analysis of an account on a person. It may be the whole or a portion of…