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Thinking Block refers to any obstacle to the flow of thinking.
Thinking style and language refers to a term used in a mental status exam to indicate how a person thinks. This includes information on the client's Vocabulary use and sentence struc
Third variable refers to a variable that may account for the observed relationship between two (2) other variables.
Third-party intervention it is when a neutral party is asked to help resolve a conflict.
The Third-variable problem refers to the possibility that two (2) variables appear to be related when, in fact, they are both influenced by a third variable that causes them to vary together. Moreover, it is the possibility that a correlation between variables A and B is due to the influence of an unknown third variable rather than to a causal relationship between A and B.
- Thomas Bouchard (b. 1937) : Thomas Bouchard one who headed a research program that featured the study of identical and fraternal twins reared together and apart. Results indicated that intelligence and several personality traits are highly heritable.