Glossary / Lexicon

Internal validity refers to the certainty that experimental interventions did indeed cause the changes . . . Read More

Artifact refers to a concept pertaining to manufactured or human-designed objects. Artifacts are things . . . Read More

Confounding effects refers to rival explanations, also called competing hypotheses, which are threats . . . Read More

Compensatory equalization refers to a threat to internal validity that occurs when an untreated group . . . Read More

Construct validity approach refers to an approach to test construction in which scales are developed . . . Read More

Attributive relations refer to relations between words that indicate the attributes of a given word,such . . . Read More

Factor is defined as the hypothesized dimension underlying an interrelated set of variablesa variable . . . Read More

Behavioral Psychology, also known as behaviorism, is a branch of psychology that focuses on the study . . . Read More

Efficacy studies refer to assessments of therapeutic effectiveness based on well-controlled investigation . . . Read More

Anger and Frustration in the context of psychology refer to emotional responses to perceived obstacles . . . Read More