LEARNING GOAL
an aim or goal to achieve a certain level set internally at a certain subject or task.
MARGINAL GROUP
A usually smaller group within a larger society that has not joined the mainstream party due to a difference of…
MEMORY DISTORTION
is the inaccurate and usually wrong recall of incorrect facts in relation with a specific stimulus.
METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM
is the acceptance of a value once multiple methodologies have been used.
MODERATOR VARIABLE
with respect to statistics, a moderator variable is entirely unrelated to the criterion variable but it is still related to…
MULTIPLE HURDLE MODEL OF SELECTION
is a battery of selection test typically employed when someone is applying for a position, they must pass each station…
NEGATIVE SELF-TALK
is the expression of thoughts or feelings which are counter-productive and have the effect of demotivating oneself.
OFF-TIME LIFE EVENTS
life events which arise at atypical or unpredicted times in the life span for members of a chosen populace.
OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES
mental, emotional, and behavioral results which people consider to be correlated with future, or intended, actions and which are considered…
PAIN DRAWING
a diagnostic divide used for discerning the quantity, seriousness, and form of pain. A front and rear observation of the…
PERSISTENCE
1. perseverance or recurrence of a specific action, procedure , or activity in spite of the ceasing of the originating…
PHARMACOLOGICAL ANTAGONISM
a type of antagonism between two drugs wherein one serves as an agonist at a particular receptor site and the…
DECEPTION RESEARCH
Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL
Theory stating that mental and physical disorders develop from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress.