Author: Glossary

A method of labeling that defines deviance based on the frequency of a behavior or characteristic. An average frequency is calculated and a person’s status is compared with that average.  

The tendency for extreme scores to become less extreme with retesting because chance variation leads to a broader range of scores on the original test.  

The use of morbidity and mortality rates as criteria for determining health status medical model of health; holistic model of health.  

An indication that the relationship examined is not due to chance or the effect of sampling.  

The amount of relationship between two or more sets of data positive correlation; negative correlation.  

A concept derived from mathematics and associated with probability.  

Exercises in which a position is held steady for a period of time at an extreme range of motion.  

A behavior triggered by the emotional state of an individual.  

A phenomenon that partly explains the unreliability of retrospective studies.  

The phenomenon where by an organism shows the effects of learning that took place in a special condition, better than in the ordinary condition in which learning usually occurs.