Glossary C

- Competency-based assessment model : Competency-based assessment model refers to a framework for understanding human behavior that includes not only intrapersonal factors but also social, cultural, and environmental influences on the individual; the model seeks to understand human behavior from a multidimensional and dynamic ecological systems perspective, with the goal of identifying the individual’s strengths to be used as a resource for resolving dysfunction.

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Competency-based practice refers to a framework for practice that focuses on client strengths, resilience, and coping abilities and identifying social environmental supports.

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Competition refers to a situation in which people can attain their goals only if others do not; a contest between rivals. Competition, moreover, refers to a performance situation that is structured in such a way that success depends on performing better than others.

Competition for resources is defined as a cause of conflict that occurs when the demand for resources is greater than the resources available.

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Competitive Anxiety: Competition can cause athletes to react both physically (somatic) and mentally (cognitive) in a manner which can negatively affect their performance abilities.

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Competitive goal structure is a term used when students work against each other to achieve goals that only a few students can attain.

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Deutsch: Ergänzung / Español: Complemento / Português: Complemento / Français: Complément / Italiano: Complemento

A complement is a noun phrase that includes a verb, for example, you sat down in I see you sat down.

In psychology, the term complement refers to something that completes or goes well with something else, enhancing its qualities or making it whole. This concept can be seen in several psychological frameworks, especially in theories related to personality, relationships, and cognitive processes.

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Complementarity refers to the popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other.

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