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Psychology RootsBehavioral assessment A research methodology designed to examine a target behavior critically with consideration of the environmental antecedents and consequences that serve …
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Behavioral Of or relating to the activities of an organism, most commonly used to describe the gross behavior of animals such as …
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Behavior All the activities that living organisms exhibit. Some research strategies limit the definition of behavior to those fitting a priori categories …
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Bedwetting The discharge of urine during sleep. Bedwetting normally occurs until a child’s bladder grows enough to be able to hold the …
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Bayley Scales of Infant Development A widely used set of scales to measure child development from birth to 3 1 2 years …
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Bayes’ theorem In statistics, a formal expression of the probability that one event will occur, given that another event occurs when the …
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Bayesian inference Statistical inference based on Bayes’ theorem which uses observation to estimate probabilities of related conditional events.
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Battered wife syndrome A theoretical term for a large constellation of nonspecific mental and behavioral symptoms associated with prolonged abuse by a …
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Battered child syndrome A constellation of physical and behavioral symptoms characteristic of children who have been physically abused. Physical symptoms include bruises, …
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Battered child A child who has been physically abused, usually in a serious or prolonged manner.