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Time Sense Deprivation refers to the destroying ability to evaluate information, personal reactions, and body functions in relation to passage of time by removing all clocks and watches.

Time tripping refers to a technique in which clients are asked to picture themselves going backward or forward in time to deal with events or issues.

Deutsch: Zeitverzögertes Design / Español: Diseño de desfase temporal / Português: Design de atraso temporal / Français: Conception à décalage temporel / Italiano: Design a ritardo temporale /

Time-lag design refers to a quasi-experimental design similar to the cross-sectional design in which people of different ages are compared at different times so that their age at the time of testing is the same.

Time-limited group therapy refers to a group approach to brief therapy forwarded by Budman and Gurman in which patients meet weekly for a predetermined number of sessions. Four (4) central characteristics include pregroup screening and preparation, the establishment and maintenance of a working focus, group cohesion, and member reactions to the time limits of the group.

Time-of-measurement effects refers to one of the three (3) fundamental effects examined in developmental research, along with age and cohort effects, which result from the time at which the data are collected.

Time-on-task performance is another name for Sustained attention, the ability to maintain an effortful response over time. A form of Attention involving the Maintenance of attentional

Time-out a kind of punishment that involves removing children who are misbehaving from a situation to a quiet, unstimulating environment.

Time-out technique refers to a form of discipline in which children who misbehave are removed from the setting until they are prepared to act more appropriately