PREDICTION
noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences…
POPULATION RESEARCH
the analysis of the numbers, and modifications in the numbers, of individuals and other living beings, concentrating on the reasons…
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
POPULATION STEREOTYPE
with regard to ergonomics, generalizations about the perceptual, mental, or physical traits of a set of users, which are pertinent…
POSITIVE ADDICTION
a concept based upon the presumption that some life activities wherein an individual feels a requirement or impulse to engage,…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
1. an organization whereby some of the output of a system, whether biological or mechanical is fed back to escalate…
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
DECOMPENSATION
The breakdown of our defense mechanisms that result in a worsening of psychiatric symptoms.
DESTRUCTIVE OBEDIENCE
Complying with instructions that causes harm to others or leads to a negative outcome.
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions…
DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS
Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.
EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION
Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.
EPSILON ALCOHOLISM
The 5th stage of alcoholism. Where periodic binge drinking is broken up by dry periods that can last fro months.…