WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (WAYS)
a 66-object survey delivered to determine thoughts and actions which adults utilize to deal with distressful experiences in day to…
TENSION REDUCTION
relief of emotions of tension. A multitude of methods might be utilized for this reason.
TRANSFERENCE
noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, the displacement or projection onto the analyst of unconscious emotions and desires initially directed toward…
TRUE SCORE
with regard to classical test theory, the portion of a gauge or score which depicts the actual quantity of the…
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…
TERMINAL BEHAVIOR
1. with regard to free-operant conditioning under interval-based reinforcement, actions that are predominant within the time briefly prior to reinforcement…
THRESHOLD THEORY
a hypothesis regarding group dynamics positing that conflict is advantageous and useful as long as it doesn't surpass the tolerance…
TRANSFORMATION
noun. 1. any alteration of appearance, shape, action, or anatomy. 2. the transformation of information to a different type via…
TWILIGHT STATE
a state of clouded awareness wherein the person is transiently not aware of their current environment, experiences fleeting auditory or…
WELL-BEING
noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and…
TERTIARY PREVENTION
intervention and remediation for people or groups with previously identified psychological or physical conditions, disorders, or sicknesses. Tertiary interventions are…
THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES
a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity…
TRANSIENCE
noun. impermanence which indicates ending and might elicit anticipation of loss. With regard to classical psychoanalytic theory, the idea that…
TYPICALITY EFFECT
the discovery that individuals are faster to make category judgments regarding common members of a category than they are to…
VARIED MAPPING
during a search task, a condition wherein target and distractor stimulus alter roles at random during the course of an…
WILL TO SURVIVE
the determination to live regardless of an adverse scenario or extreme situations. Commonly referred to as will to live.
TEST BATTERY
a set or series of correlated presumptions delivered at one time, with scores documented separately or mixed to produce a…