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DRUG CULTURE

The lifestyle of people who take and abuse drugs that create an altered form of consciousness.

ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.

EMOTIONAL CONTROL

The influence we exert on our emotions, thoughts and behaviour.

EMOTIONALITY

The degree we experience and express emotions.

EPINEPHRINE

A catecholamine neurotransmitter and adrenal hormone that is the end product of metabolising tyrosine. Also called adrenaline.

EVALUATION APPREHENSION

The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.

EXPERIMENTER EFFECT

One of 2 errors. (a) errors from the experimenter, (b) the bias from effects of the participants. See experimenter bias-

LEGITIMATE POWER

The ability to influence fellow members of a group which is usually dependent on your status within the group and

LUCID INTERVAL

is a term used to describe a period of normality or clear thought after a period of disorganization and delirium.

MARGINALIZATION

the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.

MEMORY STORAGE

is an umbrella term used to describe the passive storage of any memory within a human or other organism. There

METHODOLOGY

is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which

MOLAR ANALYSIS

considers overall relationships between the measurements themselves, such as the average response rates to rates of reinforcement extended overa a

MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP

In the context of psychology, a multiple relationship may arise between a psychologist and a non-professional, potentially: concurrently is in

NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE

is a stereotype (widely held belief) about an individual or group which displays them in a poor light and is

NORMATIVE RESEARCH

research that is engaged in merely to determine norms.

ONE-JUROR VERDICT THEORY

an technique, at times utilized during the jury selection procedure which consists of determining among prospective jurors a possible leader

OUTCOME INTERDEPENDENCE

a social scenario wherein at least two people have shared influence over each other's results.

PAIRING

with regard to behavioral analyses, the juxtaposing of two occurrences in time.

PATTERNED INTERVIEW

a kind of interview, frequently utilized in personnel choosing, which is modeled to cover specified particular regions, but at the