Glossary E
Glossary E
Deutsch: Wirksamkeit / Español: Eficacia / Português: Eficácia / Français: Efficacité / Italiano: Efficacia
Effectiveness in the psychology context refers to the degree to which a psychological intervention, therapy, or method achieves its intended outcome in real-world settings. It measures how well a treatment works in practice, outside the controlled conditions often found in research studies.
Effectiveness studies refer to studies that emphasize external validity and the representativeness of the treatment that is administered. A treatment is considered effective to the extent that clients report clinically significant benefit from the treatment. Moreover, Effectiveness studies is defined as the assessments of therapeutic effectiveness based on well-controlled investigation of well-defined clinical problems.
Deutsch: Efferent – Español: Eferente – Português: Eferente – Français: Efférent – Italiano: Efferente
Efferent in the psychology and neuroscience context refers to the flow of information or signals away from a central structure, typically the brain or spinal cord, toward the periphery of the body. It is often contrasted with "afferent," which refers to signals traveling toward the central nervous system.
Efferent pathways are primarily motor pathways, responsible for conveying commands from the brain to muscles or glands. For example, when the brain decides to move the arm, efferent neurons carry that command to the muscles involved in arm movement.
In psychology, the term is most relevant in:
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Behavioral neuroscience
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Motor control studies
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Sensorimotor integration