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.
DISCRIMINATED OPERANT
An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when…