BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
n. the use of behavior change techniques to increase the frequency of adaptive behavior and decrease that of maladaptive behavior.…
BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS
n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a…
BIOCHEMICAL DEFECT
n. a metabolic defect which contibutes to the onset of a neurological or psychiatric condition. This defect may either be…
BOUNDARY ISSUES
n. in therapy and health care, refers to ethical issues which surround the relationship between a therapist and a patient.…
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL
a fluctuating scale of values, utilized for approximating the value of a populace quantity from information acquired in a test…
CONTENT VALIDITY
the degree to which an analysis gauges a symbolizing example of the topic content or behavior that is being analyzed.
COPING-SKILLS TRAINING
academic interferences or remediation to accelerate or enhance someone's capacity to control a wide range of frequently awkward or worry-eliciting…
COVERT BEHAVIOR
actions that aren't immediately seen and can only be deduced or reported by oneself.
CULTURE BOUND
depicting outlooks, behaviors, or actions which are the result of a specific society and which aren't frequently observed in other…
ACTION TENDENCY
a desire to behave in select communicative or important actions that are connected to a particular feeling. For instance, the…
ADJUSTMENT INVENTORY
a questionnaire utilized to evaluate someone's sentiment or their level of societal adjusting in contrast with an immense and illustrative…
AGGRESSION
noun. when one's actions are influenced by feelings of competition, rage, or violence, thereby producing injury to, or the deterioration…
ANTISOCIAL AGGRESSION
any deliberate and proactive act of aggression that has socially destructive and undesirable consequences for another person. Compare also prosocial…
ATTENUATION
1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication…
AUTISTIC FANTASY
a specific type of defense mechanism in which a person deals with emotional stress by retreating into excessive daydreaming as…
AWFULIZING
n. refers to an irrational and dramatic thought pattern, characterized by the tendency to overestimate the potential seriousness or negative…
BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION
n. first and foremost, a record of behavior from one day to the next. This gives the observer an idea…