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Confluence

Confluence is when the separation between a person's self and others becomes muted or unclear, he/she experience Confluence. Hence, it can be difficult to distinguish what is one’s own perceptions or values from those of another person.

Conformity

Conformity refers to the tendency to change our perceptions, opinions, or behavior in ways that are consistent with group norms or a change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure.

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Conformity perspective

Conformity perspective refers to the theoretical position than humans are born basically good and generally try to do the right and just thing

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Conformity to norms

Conformity to norms refers to one (1) of the three (3) major definitions of Abnormal behavior, this definition labels behavior as abnormal if it violates cultural norms.

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Confound

confound refers to any factor occurring in a study that makes the results uninterpretable because its effects cannot be separated from those of the variables being studied.

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Confounding

Confounding refers to any situation in which one cannot determine which of two (2) or more effects is responsible for the behaviors being observed.

Confounding effects

Confounding effects refers to rival explanations, also called competing hypotheses, which are threats to the internal or external Validity of any Research design.

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Confounding variable

confounding variable refers to variable in a research study that was not part of the intended design and that may contribute to changes in the dependent variable.

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