Category: T

A brand name for acetophenazine.  

A method of gender selection relying on the acidity or alkalinity of the vaginal environment and the timing of intercourse and ovulation.  

Berne’s term for a kind of long-term coping that ranges from withdrawal to intimacy.  

A method of studying social behavior by observing a child for a few seconds and then classifying actions into categories. A way of recording behavior in which the presence or absence of particular kinds of behavior is noted during each of several fixed prearranged periods of time.  

A punishment procedure in operant conditioning in which the subject is temporarily removed from a setting where reinforcers can be obtained. A method of discipline that involves removing a child from social interaction and placing him or her in a non-stimulating location (i.e., in a quiet room) for a few minutes because of unacceptable behavior.…

In longitudinal research, the effects of particular events on the variable being studied at a particular point during the study.  

The ability to tie past experiences to future goals while being fully in the present moment.  

The relationship between the time elapsed since a drug was taken and the intensity of a drug effect, dose-response relationship.  

The quality of sounds that enables people to distinguish one kind of sound from another depends upon the set of overtones associated with the fundamental tones. The resonance quality of a sound by which it is distinguished, other than pitch or intensity, depending on the number and character of the vibrating body’s overtones.