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DEBRIEFING

The process after a research project where the participants are given more details about the project.

ACCOUNTABILITY

noun. 1. the degree to which someone is responsible for actions, verdicts, decisions, and more. 2. in regards to the

ADAPTABILITY

noun. 1. the ability to render adequate feedback up to modified or developing conditions. 2. the potential to adjust or

AFFINITY

1. a likeness in regards to construction, shape, or value. 2. unions of marriage or legal adoptive processes rather than

ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFERENCE

with regard to psychoanalysis, the comprehension of a person's formative unions and encounters with others retold through their viewpoint to

ANXIOLYTICS

n. a class of medicinal drugs used in the control of anxiety, behavioral agitation, and occasional insomnia. Formerly known as

ARGUMENT

n. 1. a sequence of propositions that together provide logical reasons for accepting the resulting conclusion as valid or true.

ATTITUDE MEASURE

a procedure in which individuals' attitudes and responses are assigned quantitative values. Several broad categories of this type of measure

AUTOSTEREOTYPING

n. refers to the incorporation of stereotypes about the groups one belongs to into one's own self-concept. Also known as

BASELINE

n. a line that serves as a basis or reference point for observing behavior. Because this behavioral performance is stable,

BEHAVIOR THERAPY

in psychotherapy, refers to a broad method which combines both the psychological and behavior analytical aspects of therapy. In particular,

BEHAVIORAL MODELING

n. in psychotherapy, refers to a process in which a person functions as a model for others by exhibiting the

BIOLOGICAL STRESS

n. any condition that puts pressure and makes demands on both the physical and psychological defense system of a living

BURNOUT

n. a state of extreme physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. It is characterized by a decrease in motivation and performance.

CATHARSIS

n. in psychoanalytic therapy, refers to the therapeutic discharge of all affects connected with grief, loss, or any traumatic event.

CONDITIONED

correlated with or explanatory of behavior whose existence, manner of demonstration, or both is the outcome of experience. The two

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

the propensity to be arranged, accountable, and possess a strong work ethic, interpreted as one end of a facet of

CONTINUUM APPROACH

an perspective based upon the idea that behavior varies spanning a procession from result oriented operations to serious character disarrangement.

CORRESPONDENT INFERENCE THEORY

postulated by American social psychologists Keith E. Davis and Edward Jones, a design depicting how individuals build indicators about other

CRITERION GROUP

a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent