THREE-TERM CONTINGENCY
ascertaining of the stimulant circumstances, the reaction, and the result within a reinforcement contingency..
THYROID GLAND
an endocrine gland developing a shield=like structure on the sides and front of the throat, just beneath the thyroid cartilage.…
TIME SHARING
the procedure of swiftly changing attention from one job to another whenever two or more jobs are performed simultaneously. A…
TISSUE DAMAGE
damage to body tissue causing disability in functioning, like nerve injury in multiple sclerosis or injury elicited by radiation. Tissue…
TOOL DESIGN
with regard to human engineering, the designing of tools and instruments with regard to such human aspects as the avoidance…
TOPOGRAPHIC
adjective. regarding a detailed depiction of a structural being, inclusive of its exterior features and the spatial relations across its…
TOUGH LOVE
the fostering of peoples' health by requiring said people to behave accountably and to look for professional help whenever they…
TRACE CONDITIONING
a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein an unconditioned stimulant and a conditioned stimulant are divided by a persistent interval, with…
TRAIT-NEGATIVITY BIAS
the propensity for negative character traits to play a greater role than positive character traits in determining overall impressions and…
TRANSCENDENCE
noun. With regard to metaphysics and within the analysis of awareness, a state of presence or interpretation which goes beyond…
TRANSECTION
noun. the transverse cutting or severing of something, like a nerve tract or the spinal cord.
TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA (TGA)
an abrupt global amnesia, a type of temporary amnestic disorder, which commonly resolves within a day and takes place in…
TRANSLATION AND BACK-TRANSLATION
a way of guaranteeing that the translation of an evaluation tool into another language is sufficient, utilized mainly in cross-social…
TRANSVESTIC FETISHISM
in the DSM-IV-TR, a paraphilia involving the continual wearing by a heterosexual man of woman's clothing with the intention of…
TREATMENT AUDIT
a process which oversees and measures quality assurance in health care. Audit activities are inclusive of evaluation of the anatomy,…