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| The employment in practical situations of the principles developed in other fields of psychology. Formal areas of practice are Clinical, Counseling, Educational and Industrial-Organizational specialties |
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| A system that combines behavioral principles with cognition. (e.g."work space"). |
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| A system that combines behavioral principles with cognition(e.g. thinking, perceiving, effective experience). |
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| Information surrounding a stimulus that gives meaning to the stimulus. |
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| Altering conditions that influence behavior in predictable ways. |
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| A response that is hidden from view |
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| Observed facts or evidence |
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| The sequence of changes over the full life span of an organism |
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| Information gained by direct observation |
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| A formal test of a fact or principle(achieved by different means, for applied or basic reasons) |
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| In an experiment, any condition or factor excluded from influencing the outcome (Effect of IV "independent variables or DV "dependent variables") |
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| Roughly, a synonym for concept: a term or phrase sesighnating some mechanism or process that itself is not presently observable or measurable but is assumed to exist because it (hypothetically) gives rise to measurable phenomena. |
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| A relationship that forms a straight line when graphed |
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| Directed or intentional awareness or scrutiny of particulars or facts. |
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| A response that is directly observable. |
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| A performance during which physical, mental and emotional states are harmonious and optimal. |
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| An area surrounding the body that is regarded as private and subject to personal control (a perceived and enforced "comfort zone") |
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| A constructed, built, or naturally occurring environment. |
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| A word used to label a belief based outcome (1) that is used in a prcedure that can produce a positive,negative or neutral (no) therapeutic effect and/or (2) for whose possible outcomes there is no current theoretical model. |
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| Any dubious and unfounded system that resembles psychology and purports (falsely profess) to explain behavior without acceptable evidence. |
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| A fake or false science that makes claims based on little or no Scientific Evidence (e.g., a pseudo-psychology) |
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| A medical doctor who specializes in treating mental disorders. |
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| Any theory that emphasizes internal conflicts, motives and unconscious forces (contemporary label for Freudian, "psychoanalytic theoretical perspective") |
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| A systemic procedure for scientifically answering questions. |
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| Behavior resulting from an organism's reaction to, or in the presence of, a stimulus. |
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| Science Coded Journalism: |
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| An Journalistic presentation that displays stereotype jargon, presenter/author credentials, number usage, elaborate theories, and graphs/illustrations in ways that appear to be science but in truth are really only pseudo-science. |
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| An environment defined by the current or dominant social situation: a group of people and their activities or interrelationships. |
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| A system designated to interrelate concepts and facts in a way that summarizes existing data and predicts future observations. |
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