Glossary B

Glossary B

Bifurcation refers to a term used in chaos theory for a sensitive decision point of a complex system.

Big Five refers to the Theory culled from a wealth of experiments and observations.

Big Five theory refers to a conceptual model of the primary dimensions that underlie individual differences in personality ; the five (5) dimensions are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. Different theorists sometimes use different labels.

Big win refers to a gain of large amounts of money in one bet, which propels the pathological gambler into a pattern of uncontrollable gambling.

Bigot is defined as a person who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

Bilabial refers to a consonant articulated at the mouth such as the "b" in big.

Bile salts refer to salts produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder that aid in digestion of fats.

Bilingual means using or capable of using two (2) languages with nearly equal or equal facility.