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…
TIME OUT (TO) 1
1. a method, stemming from within behavior therapy, wherein unfavorable actions are weakened and their occurrences lessened, commonly by moving…
TRANSITIONAL PROBABILITY
the likelihood of progressing from one state or condition to another state or condition.
WITHDRAWAL REACTION
an extreme type of social withdrawal which , at times, takes place in serious cases of major depressive episode. 2.…
PREVALENCE
A numerical value showing the total incidents of diseases or disorders in a specific population during a specific time-frame (called…
PSYCHODIAGNOSIS
A diagnostic technique for the determination of underlying factors in behavior and disordered behavior. Also, the diagnosis of disorder through…
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The scientific study of mental disorder(s). The field covers the theory, research, diagnosis and treatment of psychological diseases. It is…
PURPOSIVE BEHAVIORISM
A theory in cognitive learning that states that behavioral acts have an underlying purpose. And that all goals of the…
REACTION TIME (RT)
The time that passes between the introduction of a stimulus and the reaction by the subject to that stimulus.
RECIPROCAL ROLES
Behavior patterns shown by those in a particular position in a group in response to others' patterns of behavior in…
RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
A feeling of deprivation occurring when one compares themselves to another, regardless of objective reality. Se also: social comparison theory.
RESISTANCE
Act or instance of resisting; having the ability to resist. In psychology, the process by which the ego refuses to…