Glossary B
Glossary B
Bona fide group refers to a naturally occurring group, particularly when compared to an ad hoc group created by a researcher in a laboratory study, such as an audience, board of directors, club or team.
Bona fide occupational qualification is a term used in industrial and organizational psychology that refers to a selection requirement that is necessary for the performance of job-related duties and for which there is no substitute.
Bondage and discipline refers to the use of physical or psychological restraint to enforce servitude, from which both participants derive sensual pleasure.
- Bondage and discipline (B&D) prostitute : Bondage and discipline (B&D) prostitute refers to a prostitute who is paid to engage in bondage and discipline fantasy play with clients.
Bonding refers to the process of forming bonds of attachment between parent and child. Bonding is the strong affectionate ties that parents may feel toward their infant. Some theorists believe that the strongest "bonding" occurs shortly after birth, during a sensitive period.
Booboisie is defined as a segment of the general public composed of uneducated, uncultured persons.
Bookkeeping model refers to information inconsistent with a stereotype that leads to a modification of the stereotype