Month: December 2020

Used to assess the perceptual abilities of preverbal infants, babies are given a choice of two stimuli. Their preference is then evaluated.  

In men, a fluid that is secreted by the Cowper’s glands that counters the acidity of the urethra.  

A latent susceptibility to disease which may be activated under certain environmental conditions. Tendency to be affected by a particular disease or to develop or react in a certain way; it may be genetic or result from environmental factors (e.g., nutritional factors). A tendency to be affected by a particular disease or kind of disease.…

The factor that lowers the person’s stress tolerance and results in a disorder. Any characteristic of a person or community that motivates behavior related to health. Something that favors the development of a disease or condition.  

A measure of test’s validity based on correlation between the test score and some criterion of behavior the test predicted. In testing, a type of validity relating to how successfully a test predicts future performance, such as student success in preschool or college. The degree to which a test’s measurement of current variables accurately forecast…

A study that produces conditional statements from a functional relationship of variables.  

Testing in which data are generated indicating a predictable measure of outcome when a particular procedure is used in a real life situation. Particularly useful when a failure of a procedure in real life situations may have significant negative effects.  

An evaluation instrument used to anticipate future learner competencies, predictive reliability.  

An animal that preys upon other living animals in order to obtain organic molecules for food.  

Living by preying on other animals.