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REGRESSION ANALYSIS

A technique for correlating the computation of the most likely value of one variable from the known value of another.…

REPLICATION

One of the main tenets of the scientific method; repeating an experiment to ensure that the results can be attained…

REWARD

Layman terminology which is almost synonymous with the psychology term reinforcement.

SECONDARY MOTIVATION

Catalyst constituted by personal or social enticements instead of dominant physiological requirements.

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).…

RANK ORDER

The arrangement of a list of distinct items in order of magnitude.

REGULATORY BEHAVIOR

Efforts of organisms which are aimed at achieving physiological balance by maintaining basic, primary needs.

RESEARCH

Scientific or scholarly inquiry by which efforts are made to discover and confirm facts, or to allow investigation of a…

ROLE REVERSAL

Strategy intended for treatment and instructive reasons wherein someone swaps roles with somebody else, so as to encounter different thinking…

PRIMARY PREVENTION

A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…