LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
FABRICATION
is a term which can be applied to a number of examples; for example, fabrication may refer to the act…
FIELD DEPENDENCE
cognitive style where the person relies on external cues rather than internal cues. These people are susceptible to deceptive cues…
FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR TECHNIQUE
the two part procedure for enhancing compliance where a minor initial request is presented immediately before the more substantial target…
FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE
the ability a person has to endure the tension and to preserve equanimity when met with obstacles. It is a…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
GLOBAL PERCEPTION
This term is applied to the overall perception of an object or a situation focusing on the whole rather than…
GROUP HARMONY
This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.
INTERNAL FRUSTRATION
Psychoanalytic theory. the term applied to the denial of gratification of instinctual impulses due to internal factors such as the…
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
An interviewer will ask questions from a script that they are contained in
FACE-SAVING BEHAVIOR
is similar to facework, in that face-saving behaviours are acts where an individual will attempt to uphold their dignity addressing…
FIELD EXPERIMENT
an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are…
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal…
FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS
States that frustration produces aggression and aggression results from prior frustrations. Later noted by Neal Miller that frustration leads to…
THOUGHT STOPPING
the skill of utilizing a physical or mental cue to cease negative thoughts and redirect them to an unbiased or…
TRANSACTIONALISM
noun. 1. an approach to climate-related psychology which stresses the persisting procedure of interplay between an individual and their physical…
TRUE EXPERIMENT
an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.
VARIABLE STIMULUS
any one of a group of experimental stimulants which are to be compared to a constant stimulant, step-by-step.