BEHAVIOR REHEARSAL
n. a technique specifically used in behavior therapy. It involves rehearsing behavioral patterns which were initially introduced by the therapist…
BEHAVIORAL INTEGRATION
n. the process of combining individual behaviors into one whole behavioral unit. Instead of functioning separately, these behaviors become coordinated…
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
n. any condition that puts pressure and makes demands on both the physical and psychological defense system of a living…
BYSTANDER EFFECT
n. a tendency for people not to get involved or not to offer help in a social situation. Often misunderstood…
CONCENTRATIVE MEDITATION
a kind of meditation that concentrates on a sole stimulant- a certain visual- a certain noise, mantra, term, etc.- a…
CONTEXTUAL ASSOCIATIONS
correlations learned between objects or materials that a living being is exposed to, and the framework wherein exposure happens.
CORRECTIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
an idea stemming from psychoanalysis which postulates that patients acquire significant and intensive modification via new interpersonal affective events they…
COVERT RESPONSE
any typically unseen reaction, like a visual, feeling, or though- the presence of which is generally deduced or gauged indirectly.…
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
behavior that is unlike the majority of a healthy human population- behaviors which could pose a threat to one's livelihood…
ACTIVATION THEORY OF EMOTION
the theory that feeling is measurable as a form of variation in a person's degree of fuel output (for example,…
AROUSAL THEORY
1. the theory that the physical environment can affect arousal levels by stimulating brain-based mechanisms. Stress and arousal are created…
ATTITUDE MEASURE
a procedure in which individuals' attitudes and responses are assigned quantitative values. Several broad categories of this type of measure…
AUTOMATIC DRAWING
the act of drawing images, doodles, or objects while in a hypnotic trance or in a situation in which the…
BEHAVIOR SETTING
n. in environmental psychology, refers to the environment as the setting for observing behavior. This setting, for instance, may include…