BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS
n. a descriptive analysis of the internal behavior patterns which motivate or cause the overt, external behavior. There is a…
BIOLOGICAL THERAPY
n. a form of treatment designed to restore normal health and well-being. Relying on the immune system, it taps on…
CONFIDENTIALITY
noun. A standard of professional values necessitating suppliers of mental or medical healthcare to constrain the revealing of a person's…
COPING POTENTIAL
a person's judgment of the possibility of effectively controlling climate-related needs or individual promises and devotions.
CRITERION GROUP
a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent…
ASSOCIATIONISM
n. the theory that complex mental processes, such as thinking, learning, and memory, can be mainly explained by the associative…
BASIC RESEARCH
n. a research study done purely for science and knowledge without necessarily being directed at a goal or attempting to…
BEHAVIORAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
n. the study of the endocrine system in relation to behavior. There is a relationship between how hormones are secreted…
CAUSAL ANALYSIS
n. a method of searching for the cause or causes of certain effects. Because the causal factor needs to be…
CONFIRMATORY RESEARCH
studies undertaken with the objective of being able to challenge particular predetermined hypotheses.
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…