Category: T

A set of positive assumptions about the nature of people.  

A set of negative assumptions about the nature of people.  

Used by Watzlawick to explain change from outside the group involves a process by which a class or group moves to a higher logical level.  

A set of interacting, interlocking, or independent principles designed to account for a wide range of observations or facts. An argument which explains a scientific fact. A statement that best explains all the available evidence on a given topic. If evidence that contradicts the theory becomes available, the theory must be abandoned, modified, or changed…

Factors that influence the development of personality have motivated the establishment of a variety of theories, which include the following: 1. analytic, 2. body type, 3. existential, 4. individual, 5. psychoanalytic, 6. self-actualization, and 7. trait.  

Concerned with the principles and descriptions of the ways in which learning takes place, learning; connectionist theory; cognitive theory.  

The theory that reward is necessary for learning to take place.  

The failure rate of a contraceptive method when it is used correctly, actual failure rate.  

Pertaining to the failure rate of contraceptives when used as directed, use effectiveness.  

A mild stimulant found in tea. Also used treat asthma. A compound made synthetically or extracted from tea leaves which helps to widen blood vessels and airways, and to stimulate the central nervous system and heart. It is used in the treatment of breathing disorders. An alkaloid found in tea; acts as a diuretic, vasodilator,…