ACTION-ORIENTED THERAPY
any sort of treatment which stresses starting and, of course, completing behaviors instead of spoken correspondence or perhaps conversation,
ADOPTION STUDY
a model of investigation that intends to ascertain an estimate of the level of genetic potential of a chosen attribute…
AGREEABLENESS
the propensity to behave in a cooperative, not self-serving way, viewed as one aspect of a dimension of singular diversities
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
aggressive, impulsive, and often violent actions that violate protective rules, conventions, and codes of a society - for example, laws.…
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
the use of books, journals, documents, data sets, manuscripts, and other records or cultural artifacts in scientific research, that do…
AUTISTIC THINKING
narcissistic, egocentric thought processes that have little or no relation to reality, and focus largely on self-absorption. May also refer…
BACKWARD CONDITIONING
refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neutral stimulus. This arrangement does not produce…
BEHAVIOR PATTERN
n. a recurrence of two or more responses which occur in a prescribed arrangement or order. These patterns of behavior…
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
n. in behavioral medicine, refers to a subspecialty which studies the reciprocal relationship between overall well-being of the person and…
BIOLOGICAL MEASURES
n. measures that are drawn from bodily activities of humans or from biological systems in nature. These make use of…
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
a term which describes nonlinear causal relationships, in the way that the fluttering of a butterfly's wings in one side…
CONFIRMATORY RESEARCH
studies undertaken with the objective of being able to challenge particular predetermined hypotheses.
CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
a department of forensic psychology affiliated with the use of counseling and medicinal approaches toward juvenile wrongdoers and criminals alike…
COVERT MODELING
a stealth conditioning process wherein the patient pictures a role model, visualizes acting as this individual may, so because of…
CUMULATIVE RECORD
an ongoing document wherein new information is attributed. With regard to conditioning, a collective document is a graph demonstrating the…