BEHAVIORAL CONSISTENCY
n. the state of being consistent in behavior pattern. As such, an individual is more likely to adhere to the…
BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
n. an appraisal method which rates performance, usually on the job. Behavior-based, this measure evaluates employee performance on a point-scale…
BROKEN HOME
n. a family system that is organized into a single-parent household. The setup usually results from a divorce of separation…
CATEGORICAL PERCEPTION
n. in speech perception, refers to the phenomenon wherein test participants experience a difficulty in discriminating between accoustically-different stimuli which…
CONCURRENT VALIDITY
the degree of communication between two measurements at the same time, primarily the investigation of one exam's validity by comparing…
COST-REWARD ANALYSIS
with regard to social psychology, a design which tries to depict helping behavior with respect to the supports and prices…
CROSS-GENDER BEHAVIOR
the procedure or trend of presuming the part of the opposite gender by way of taking on their appearance thru…
CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED
depicting youths whose surroundings inhibit their societal development and the growth and expansion of their intelligence.
ADAPTIVE SKILLS
events that necessitate self-management, such as managing urges, having the ability to get used to a unique surrounding, and also…
ALTERCASTING
noun. pushing personalities and societal functions onto other people, typically by treating these people in such a way that they…
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
the study and documentation of many aspects of non-human animal behaviors. Typically, includes ethology, behavioral ecology, and comparative psychology. May…
ASYNCHRONY
n. refers to a lack of temporal correspondence in the development of different processes. For example, there is a time…
AUDIOVISUAL TRAINING
instruction or training using audio aids, visual aids, or both. Examples of such include films, slides, filmstrips, videotapes, audiotapes, television,…