Glossary C

Common factors are factors that are common to changes that take place in Psychotherapy and Counseling that include participant and relationship factors; set of features that characterize many Therapy orientations and that may be the source of the positive changes effected by psychological treatment. Common factors are general factors found in most forms of Therapy, example, the Therapist's personal qualities that help the client to recover.

Common goal refers to an aim or purpose shared by members of a group.

Common ground is defined as the shared understanding of those involved in the conversation.

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Common identity refers to shared roles involving pressure to comply with group expectations.

Common in-group identity model refers to an analysis of recategorization processes and conflict, developed by Samuel Gaertner, John Dovidio, and their colleagues. They predicted that intergroup conflict can be reduced by emphasizing membership in inclusive social categories and the interdependence of the individuals in the groups.

Common law refers to a body of unwritten judicial opinion originally based upon customary social practices of Anglo-Saxon society during the Middle Ages.

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Common Rule refers to the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Part 46 (1991) which is based on the principles of the Belmont Report and provide a common set of federal regulations for protecting human participants. It is use by review boards.

Common sense refers to a widely held beliefs that "seem" intuitively correct, however, sometimes they are correct; sometimes they are not; according to Aristotle, the faculty located in the heart that synthesizes the information provided by the five (5) senses. (see Bubba psychology.)

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