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THERAPY

1. treatment of physical, cognitive, or behavioral disorders or illness. 2. reference: psychotherapy.

TRIANGULATION

noun. 1. the procedure involved in confirming a hypothesis by gathering proofs from many sources or experiments or utilizing many

WEIGHTED APPLICATION BLANK (WAB)

with regard to personnel selection, a scored application type utilized to attain and assess biographical information. The applicant's reaction to

THETA WAVE

with regard to electroencephalography, a form of brain wave with a frequency of 4-7 hertz. Theta waves are viewed in

TRUE EXPERIMENT

an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.

WELL-BEING

noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and

THINNING

with regard to conditioning, a gradual escalation in the intermittency of reinforcement.

TYPOLOGY

noun. any study of a specific classification of phenomena into categories based upon typical traits of a personality.

WITHIN-GROUP VARIANCE

the variance among identically remedied people in the same group or populace. Commonly referred to as intraclass variance.

PRIMARY DATA

The data first obtained through observation or experiment prior to analysis and statistical work up.

PROPENSITY

A tendency toward a particular behavior or action.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL

A theory in psychology to predict outcomes and explain specific psychological processes. 2. Used to evaluate the performance of an

RANDOM SAMPLING

Selecting individuals for a study by selecting them from a larger potential group. To be random, each is chosen in

REGRESSION EFFECT

Proclivity of a subject who scores either very high or very low on a test to perform more toward the

REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC

Psychological term in which people judge the probability of a hypothesis by ascertaining how well the hypothesis mimics available data.

ROLE AMBIGUITY

Type of role strain which occurs when shared specifications set for an expected role are incomplete to tell the involved

SELECTION

Play of forces that determines the relative reproductive performance of the various genotypes in a population, especially in regard to

PRIMARY EMPATHY

A strategy in therapies that are client-centered in which the therapist makes a conscious effort to experience a situation in

PROPOSITION

In the field of philosophy, a proposition is anything that is either asserted or denied and is capable of being

PSYCHOLOGIST

A professionally trained doctor in psychology. Successfully trained psychologists have a doctorate in philosophy (PhD), psychology (PsyD) or education (EdD).