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Contagion effect

Deutsch: Ansteckungseffekt / Español: Efecto contagioso / Português: Efeito de contágio / Français: Effet de contagion / Italiano: Effetto di contagio /

Contagion effect refers to the tendency of some people to model or copy Behavior or activity portrayed by news or entertainment media.

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Contagious behavior

Contagious behavior refers to a more-or-less instinctive or reflexive Behavior triggered by the occurrence of the same Behavior in another individual.

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Contagious magic

Contagious magic refers to a type of sympathetic magic. Contagious magic involves the belief that what one person does to something that a person once owned or that was close to a pe

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Containment

Containment refers to the aspects of the Social bond which act to prevent individuals from committing crimes and keep them from engaging in deviance.

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Containment theory

Containment theory refers to a form of control theory which suggests that a series of both internal and external factors contribute to law-abiding behavior.

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Contaminated

Contaminated is defined as the state of being contaminated; spolied;

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Contamination

Contamination is when something becomes impure or unclean; the condition in which a criterion score is affected by things other than those under the control of the employee.

Contemplation

Contemplation refers to a stage in the Transtheoretical Model where people recognize they may be doing something unhealthy and then intend to change within the next month

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