Glossary C

Close or Tight Tail means folllowing a person which must be undetected; a constant surveillance.

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Close relationships refers to relatively long-lasting relationships in which frequent interactions occur in a variety of settings and in which the impact of the interactions is strong.

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- Closed communication system : Closed communication system refers to a communcation system whereby a call or sound has a specific meaning; in this system new ideas cannot be expressed.

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Closed desk arrangement refers to an office arranged so that a visitor must sit across from the person behind the desk.

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Closed group is a group whose boundaries are closed and fixed which results in relatively unvarying members.

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Closed head injury refers to a type of head injury associated with a sharp blow to the head that resulzs from a fall, an automobile or motorcycle accident, an assault, or other sudden trauma that does not actually puncture the brain and does not penetrate the skull.

Closed kinetic chain is a term used when the distal end of an extremity is fixed, preventing movement of any one joint unless predictable movements of the other joints in the extremity occur.

Closed question delimiting affect refers to a type of information gathering technique that uses questions to force the client to pick between feeling choices assumed by the clinician.