Category: C

An initially neutral stimulus that acquires reinforcing properties through association with another stimulus that is already reinforcing.  

The process by which a person is conditioned not to respond to some stimulus that formerly produced a response.  

Perceived stress that results from having learned to fear specific situations.  

In optics and physics, a lens system of one or more elements that gathers light waves, converging them on the subject. An arrangement of lenses beneath the stage of a microscope. It can be adjusted to provide correct focusing of light on the microscope slide. A device used to liquefy gases or vapors, or rarely…

In chemistry, a chemical reaction in which two or more molecules combine. The formation of a covalent bond between two molecules during which the elements of water are lost; condensation is the reverse of hydrolysis.    

In law, an opinion written by a judge who agrees with the majority of the court as to the decision in a case, but has different reasons for arriving at that decision.  

Validity established by the fact that scores on a test correspond to other measures obtained on the same individual at nearly the same time. The degree to which two measuring devices or methods agree with each other; the degree to which an unproven measurement instrument matches the results obtained by an instrument known to provide…

In politics, a statement of the attitude or feeling of the two houses, not having the force of law.  

In law, two courts having the same authority.  

Control that takes place as some unit of work is being performed.