CAUSAL ANALYSIS
n. a method of searching for the cause or causes of certain effects. Because the causal factor needs to be…
CONDITIONING
the manner in which specific types of experience make certain behaviors more or less probably.
CONSTITUTIONAL FACTOR
a fundamental psychological propensity to add to character, nature, and the philosophy of certain physical and cognitive diseases. Said elements…
COPING POTENTIAL
a person's judgment of the possibility of effectively controlling climate-related needs or individual promises and devotions.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
noun. The therapy professional's unaware responses to the client and to the client's transference. These ideas and emotions are based…
CUMULATIVE RECORD
an ongoing document wherein new information is attributed. With regard to conditioning, a collective document is a graph demonstrating the…
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,…
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
aggressive, impulsive, and often violent actions that violate protective rules, conventions, and codes of a society - for example, laws.…
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…
AVOIDANCE CONDITIONING
refers to the establishment of a pattern of behavior that prevents, postpones, or reduces the frequency of aversive stimulation. In…
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…
BUCCOLINGUAL MASTICATORY SYNDROME (BLM BLMS)
n. a movement disorder present in patients with kinesthetic problems and those using antipsychotic drugs. It manifests as involuntary lingual…
CAUSAL MECHANISM
n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using…