ANTICIPATION
n. the imagining of a future event, which sometimes creates an affective response (a court date - anxiety, a party…
APPROPRIATE AFFECT
an expression of mood, emotion or feeling that is congruent with the subject matter being discussed or witnessed.
ATHLETIC COPING SKILLS INVENTORY (ACSI)
a common self-report inventory that is used to assess an individual
AUDITORY SKILLS
any or all skills related to hearing, including: auditory discrimination, auditory attention, and auditory memory. Also known as auditory processes-…
BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST
n. a list of observable and measurable behaviors which are recorded by a learning professional or a clinician. In the…
BEHAVIORAL CRITERION
n. the distinct behavior which must consistently exist in an individual in order for a diagnosis to be accurately made.…
BELIEF-DESIRE REASONING
n. the process wherein a person tends to predict and explain someone else's behavior based on how the former understands…
BLAMING THE VICTIM
n. a social and psychological phenomenon wherein the fault in a crime (rape, robbery, assault) is attributed to the victim.…
CALORIC INTAKE
n. the intake of calories that is usually recommended on a daily basis. It is largely determined by a person's…
CAUSAL ANALYSIS
n. a method of searching for the cause or causes of certain effects. Because the causal factor needs to be…
CONDITIONED INHIBITION
the diminishment of a conditioned reaction which happens upon surfacing of a stimulant that has prior been experienced in various…
CONSISTENT MAPPING
a stipulation of a research job wherein a chosen stimulant is either (i) consistently an objective or (ii) consistently one…
CONVERGENT VALIDITY
a type of construct validity based upon the level to which the gauging tool being examined shows vast involvement with…
CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE
a procedure wherein females mate with many males but decide specifically which male's sperm will be the one to fertilize…
CULTURE CHANGE
the altering of a society's culture, whether it is slowly, or quickly due to influence from different cultures.