Glossary C

Deutsch: Cocktailparty / Español: Fiesta de cóctel / Português: Festa de coquetel / Français: Fête de cocktail / Italian: Festa di cocktail

Cocktail Party in the psychology context typically refers to the "cocktail party effect," which describes the ability of individuals to focus on a single conversation in a noisy environment, such as a cocktail party, while filtering out background noise. This phenomenon highlights the brain's capacity for selective attention and auditory processing.

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Codability is the length of a verbal expression.

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Code switching means changing from one type of language use to another, such as switching from a formal to an informal register when talking to people who differ in status. The term is also used to describe the switching between two (2) languages that is characteristic of bilingual language use.

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Codes of ethics are documents that guide the ethical practice of mental health professionals.

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Coding is the process whereby raw data are transformed into standardized form suitable for machine processing and analysis. Coding is the form in which information is mentally or internally represented.

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- Coding system : Coding system refers to the Brunerian concept referring to a hierarchical arrangement of related categories.

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CODIS (Combined DNA Idex System)

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Codominance is a condition in which two (2) heterozygous but equally powerful alleles produce a phenotype in which both genes are fully and equally expressed. It is a condition in which both alleles of a specific gene contribute to the characteristic that is expressed, as in AB blood type.