ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
1. a method of teaching individuals to change verbal and nonverbal behavioral patterns with the aim of enhancing interpersonal communication.…
ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR CONSISTENCY
the extent to which a person's behavior is consistent with his or her attitude associated with that object. Positive attitudes…
AVERSION THERAPY
refers to a form of behavior therapy in which the client is conditioned to cease an undesirable behavior by associating…
BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION (BSS)
n. a scale of 21 items, focused on examining a patient's suicidal intent. More of an assessment tool, it attempts…
BEHAVIORAL BASELINE
n. a state of behavior which is steady in form and frequency. As a constant, it serves as a standard…
BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR
n. any particular behavior or behavior pattern which strongly yet adversely affects health. It increases the chances of developing a…
BIOSOCIAL THEORY
in social and behavioral science, refers to an approach which looks into the possibility that a mental illness or personality…
CALIBRATION
n. the process of setting a measuring device in order to conform with a reference standard. These settings are either…
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL
a fluctuating scale of values, utilized for approximating the value of a populace quantity from information acquired in a test…
CONSEQUATE
verb. To happen as an outcome of a reaction. If the reaction comes to be more likely, consequence is assumed…
CRONBACH'S ALPHA
a record of interior regularity, that being, the variant to which a group of objects touch a sole, one-dimension structure.…
ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY
a pretend character habit assumed to add to the probability of an individual becoming dependent upon a substance.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
an eating disorder, which occurs frequently in adolescent girls, involving the refusal of food, a drive for thinness, perceptual disturbances…
APPERCEPTION
n. 1. the process of perceiving something consciously and mindfully. 2. the mental process bv which a perception or an…