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Courtesan refers to a prostitute who usually interacts with men of rank or wealth.

Courtship disorder refers to a Theory of paraphilias that a person"s paraphilia stems from being stuck in a preliminary stage of normal courtship progression.

Couvade refers to a Condition in which the father (or other relative) experiences the symptoms of pregnancy, childbirth, or both without an actual pregnancy.

Covalent bond refers to a chemical bond between two (2) atoms that share electrons.

Covariation refers to a principle for something to be the cause of a behavior, it must be present when the Behavior occurs and absent when the Behavior does not occur.

- Covariation model : Covariation model refers to a theory which states that in order to form an attribution about what caused a person's behavior, we systematically note the pattern between the presence (or absence) of possible causal factors and whether or not the behavior occurs

- Covariation model of attribution : Covariation model of attribution refers to an Attribution Theory proposing that we make causal judgments by determining whether a particular Behavior correlated with a person, a situa

Covariation principle is attributing an effect to a factor that is present when the effect is present, but that is absent when the