UNFINISHED BUSINESS
with regard to therapy and counseling, the intimate experiences which have been inhibited or jobs which have been veered away…
VERIFICATION
noun. the procedure of mandating the truth or correctness of something, specifically the utilization of unbiased, empirical information to challenge…
TOKEN ECONOMY
with regard to behavior therapy, a program, at times, performed within an institutional setting, wherein favored actions are reinforced by…
TREATMENT BIAS
1. a propensity for the form of remediation rendered unto a patient to be determined or impacted by the social…
UNIVERSALITY
1. the propensity to presume that one's personal traits and personality features, inclusive of outlooks and morals, are shared in…
WRAPAROUND SERVICES
a philosophy of care and correlated services which are inclusive of a planning procedure involving concerned relatives, central person, and…
PRIMARY DATA
The data first obtained through observation or experiment prior to analysis and statistical work up.
PROBLEMS IN LIVING
Those concrete and identifiable problems patients with chronic mental conditions face in daily life. These could include problems keeping a…
PSEUDOCONDITIONING
In instances of Pavlovian conditioning, the elicitation of a response by a previously neutral stimulus. This occurs after a series…
PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
The interaction between therapist and client to explore any cognitive or behavioral disorders may be present in their lives. Information…
PSYCHOSCIENCE
A science dealing with mind, function and behavior. Also a science dealing with mental diseases and disorders and their treatment.
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
An experiment in which participants are assigned to either control groups or experimental groups in a non-random manner.
RECONSTRUCTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Mental therapy aimed at fundamental and comprehensive adjustment of a subject's personality by improving the subject's comprehension of personality growth,…
RELIABILITY OF COMPOSITES
Reliability of the various components of a test or measurement device. See also: composite reliability.
RESPONSE SET
Inclination to provide answers to queries in a methodical way, regardless of the content of the question. See also: response…
RISK AVERSION
Propensity to evade any option which might impose any loss contingency, even a very small one, when determining which of…