EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY 1
1. Expressing emotions without restraint. 2. Lay term for maladjustment.
EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.
EXPERIMENTER EFFECT
One of 2 errors. (a) errors from the experimenter, (b) the bias from effects of the participants. See experimenter bias-…
LIFE-CHANGE UNIT (LCU)
a unit of measurement which is found on the life-events rating scale. The life-events rating scale assigns values to potential…
MEDITATION
is considered an exercise during which the individual enters an extended state of contemplation and reflection over a specific subject…
METHODOLOGICAL BEHAVIORISM
is a strand of behaviourism which acknowledges the reality of conscious events but suggests the only way of studying them…
MULTIPLE HURDLE MODEL OF SELECTION
is a battery of selection test typically employed when someone is applying for a position, they must pass each station…
NEGATIVISM
is a characteristic associated with a variety disorders. Negativism otherwise is the persistent resistant to suggestions of others, even when…
OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING
the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.
OVERSHADOWING
noun. with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a lessening in conditioning with one conditioned stimulant because of the existence of another…
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.
DECEPTION RESEARCH
Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.
DETERIORATION EFFECT
After partcipating in psychotherapy this is the adverse or negative outcome from it.
DIRECT AGGRESSION
Aggressive behaviour towards a source of anger or frustration. Compare displaced aggression.
DISPLACEMENT
Transferring behaviour or feelings from the original objet or person to another. See displaced aggression- drive displacement- scape goating.