Glossary H
Glossary H
Historicism is defined as the study of the past for its own sake, without attempting to interpret and evaluate it in terms of current knowledge and standards, as is the case with presentism. Please see also Presentism.
- History as a threat to internal validity : History as a threat to internal validity is a change in the dependent variable due to the occurrence of an event between the testing of levels of the independent variable.
History effects refers to a possible confound in research that inadvertently takes place between measurements because of historical changes in the participant
- Histrionic personality disorder : Histrionic personality disorder refers to Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic) personality disorder involving a pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.
It is a personality disorder characterized by exaggerated emotional reactions, approaching theatricality, in everyday behavior.