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Converging series design refers to a sequence of experiments conducted to progressively eliminate competing theoretical hypotheses.

Deutsch: Gespräch / Español: Conversación / Português: Conversa / Français: Conversation / Italiano: Conversazione /

Conversation refers to a stretch of talk that involves two (2) or more people.

Conversation analysis refers to a meticulous analysis of the details of conversation, based on a complete transcript which includes pauses, hems, and also haws.

Conversation Theory refers to a learning theory developed by Gordon Pask originated from a cybernetics framework and attempts to explain learning in both living organisms and machines.

Conversational empathic responses refer to the infusion of one"s natural Personality style into the response while maintaining the critical components of an empathic response.

Deutsch: Konversion / Español: conversión / Português: conversão / Français: conversion / Italiano: conversione

Conversion refers to the influence of a minority on a majority, based on convincing the majority that its views are correct.

In the context of psychology, conversion refers to the process whereby psychological distress is expressed as physical symptoms. This concept is central to the understanding of conversion disorder, previously known as hysteria, where emotional disturbances are converted into loss or change of bodily function.

conversion disorder refers to physical malfunctioning, such as blindness or paralysis, suggesting neurological impairment but with no organic pathology to account for it.

Conversion hysteria refers to the viewpoint, originally advanced by Freud, that specific unconscious conflicts can produce physical disturbances symbolic of the repressed conflict ; no longer a dominant viewpoint in Health psychology.