CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
a department of forensic psychology affiliated with the use of counseling and medicinal approaches toward juvenile wrongdoers and criminals alike…
CRITICAL VALUE
the value of either one of the ends of a critical region, that being, either one of the values beyond…
ABNORMALITY
1. in a position that is not normal. 2. disfigurement or imperfections in building or operations.
ANECDOTAL RECORD
a factual written record of a person's conduct, based on succinct, spontaneous, and descriptive observations made by an onlooker. This…
ATHLETIC COPING SKILLS INVENTORY (ACSI)
a common self-report inventory that is used to assess an individual
BASIC REST-ACTIVITY CYCLE (BRAC)
n. a biological cycle which alternates between periods of wakefulness and sleep - or in other words, activity and non-activity.…
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
n. in behavioral medicine, refers to a subspecialty which studies the reciprocal relationship between overall well-being of the person and…
BLANK SCREEN
n. in psychoanalysis, refers to a figurative screen upon which a patient tries to project his or her innermost feelings…
CAUSAL MECHANISM
n. the physical, if not the most immediate, means of bringing about the desired effect. For instance, other than using…
CORRECTIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
an idea stemming from psychoanalysis which postulates that patients acquire significant and intensive modification via new interpersonal affective events they…
CRONBACH'S ALPHA
a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.…
ABSTRACTION
noun. 1. the development of thoughts or notions deriving from specific events. 2. ideas that cannot be discerned from a…
ADJUSTMENT
noun. 1. a variation in personality, performance, or each by someone regarding the realized requirement or longing for modification. Change…
ANXIOLYTICS
n. a class of medicinal drugs used in the control of anxiety, behavioral agitation, and occasional insomnia. Formerly known as…
ATTENDING BEHAVIOR
any behavior engaged in while attentively listening. For example, exhibiting an open, interested posture, maintaining eye contact, and using an…
BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM
n. the relationship between how persistent the behavior is and the rate at which this same behavior is reinforced. It…
BODY CONCEPT
n. the conceptual image formed about one's own body. It is the sum of all thoughts, feelings, and opinions evoked…