DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. Any system of psychology that looks at drive and motivation. 2. Theory of psychology emphasising causation and motivation relating…
EGOCENTRIC SPEECH
Speech not directed at others or where there is no attempt to change thoughts or to take into account another…
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.
ESTABLISHING OPERATION
Any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a punisher or reinforcer.
EXPECTANCY EFFECT
The effect of a person's expectations about another person's behaviour on the behaviour of the person. See experimenter expectancy effect.
EXTERNAL VALIDITY
The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.
MANIPULATION
The conscious and deliberate misleading of an individual by another individual either directly or indirectly in order to achieve a…
MEDIATED GENERALIZATION
is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the…
MITIGATING FACTOR
is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a…
NEGATIVE ADAPTATION
is the gradual loss of feeling or effectiveness due to prolonged stimulation.
NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established…
OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…