Sleepdisorders

s44

ATTENUATION

1. the lessening or weakening in strength, value, or quality of a stimulus or other factor, for example, a medication

BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

n. a school of psychology which applies the principles of behaviorism, namely: theory, methodology, and philosophy. As an approach to

BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY

n. the capacity and degree to which human behavior can be altered by environmental factors such as learning and social

BOUNDARY ISSUES

n. in therapy and health care, refers to ethical issues which surround the relationship between a therapist and a patient.

CAUSATION

n. an empirical relationship which exists between two events which can be summed up as one event (the cause) bringing

CONFRONTATION

an assertion or aggressive difference. 2. the activity involved in openly confronting, or being motivated or mandated to confront, a

CORRELATIONAL STUDY

an examination of the union between at least two variants.

CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN

a trial and error model wherein people of carrying ages or growth stages are compared to one another.

ACCESSIBILITY

noun. Open, receptive, approachable

ADVOCACY

noun. conversing or performing on the part of a person or mass of people to support their liberties or illustrate

APPARATUS

n. 1. an instrument, piece of equipment, used in an experiment for various purposes, such as delivering stimuli or measuring

ATTITUDE SCALE

a measure or assessment used to assess an attitude - usually for the purpose of comparison.

BEHAVIOR CHANGE

n. any modification in behavior (mainly human) in public health. The change may happen spontaneously and involuntarily without any intevention,

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR

n. any particular behavior or behavior pattern which strongly yet adversely affects health. It increases the chances of developing a

BRUXISM

n. the involuntary yet habitual phenomenon of grinding and gnashing one's teeth while sleeping. The condition is often associated with

BINARY CHOICE

Choosing between 2 alternatives.

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

the propensity to be arranged, accountable, and possess a strong work ethic, interpreted as one end of a facet of

COST-REWARD ANALYSIS

with regard to social psychology, a design which tries to depict helping behavior with respect to the supports and prices

CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY

the magnitude to which a psychological trait is expressed in the exact same, or in an operationally equal, way in

ACCESSIBILITY OF AN ATTITUDE

the probability of a specific attitude being evoked from recollection upon confronting the attitude object.