Psychopathology

A ABAB design A single subject experimental design in which behavior is measured during a baseline period, after a treatment has been applied, after baseline conditions has been reintroduced, and after the treatment has been reintroduced is known as ABAB design and also known as reversal design.   Abnormal psychology The scientific study of abnormal behavior...

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Cognitive Psychology

A Adaptive control of thought (ACT) model of memory A theory of memory develop by John Anderson that specifies a networked memory comprised of working memory, declarative memory, and procedural memory is known as adaptive control of thought model of memory. Affordance A perceptual property of objects, places, and events that makes clear what actions or behaviors on...

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Organizational Psychology

A 360-degree appraisals Performance evaluations in which super visitors, peers, employees, customers, and the like evaluate the individual is known as 360-degree appraisals. 4/5ths rule A rough indicator of discrimination, this rule requires that the number of minority members a company hire must equal at least 80 percent of the majority members in the population hired...

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Theories of personality

A Accusation Adlerian safeguarding tendency whereby one protects magnified feelings of self-esteem by blaming others for one's own failures is known as accusation. Active imagination Technique used by Jung to uncover collective unconscious material is known as active imagination. patients are asked to concentrate on image until a series of fantasies are produced. Actualizing...

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Psychological Testing

A Abuse The creation of or allowing the creation of substantial risk of physical injury or emotional impairment that is non-accidental is known as abuse. Accommodation In assessment, the adaptation of the test, procedure, or situation, or the substitution of the test for another in order to make the assessment more suitable for an assesses with the exceptional needs is known as accommodation. Acculturation The process by which an individual's...

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Qualitative Research Methods

A Adjacency pair Sequencing of interaction like question-answer is known as adjacency pair. Analytical induction Strategy to use negative/deviant cases for assessing and elaborating findings, models, or theories developed is known as analytical induction. A prior Latin expression for "beforehand" is known as a prior. For example, working with categories defined...

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