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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.

EMPOWERMENT

1. Promoting skills, knowledge and the confidence needed to take control of your life. 2. Delegation of increased power making

EVALUATION OBJECTIVE

Any purposes of evaluating a program.

EXPLICIT ATTITUDE

An attitude that is a person is aware of. Compare implicit attitude.

LINEAR CAUSATION

a simple explanation of the cause and effect hypothesis in that a simple event will have been caused by a

MASKING

is the deliberate and purposeful hiding, muting, silencing or removal of a stimulus from the target so they may no

MENTAL ABERRATION

is used to describe a deviation from any linear or normal thinking.

MICROPSYCHOSIS

is a psychotic episode which unusually lasts an incredibly short duration, from a few minutes to a hours which typically

MOOD INDUCTION

defines any method which can be used to induce a change in an individuals mood, regardless of the direction of

NAIVE PARTICIPANT

is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in

NEUROTICISM

is an umbrella term used to describe a range of meanings. For example, neuroticism could detail a state of neurosis

OBJECTIVE SCORING

scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same

ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS

with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay

PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PEAK SHIFT

1. a phenomenon, observed in stimulus generalization, which takes place after discrimination training comprising two stimulants across a typical dimension.

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which

DEFECTOLOGY

Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DISABILITY

A lasting impairment that interfers with daily life functioning. See handicap.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER

A psychiatric disorder showing disruptive behaviour sever enough that is creates an impairment in social or occupational functioning.