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Time Sampling refers to a procedure in which the investigator records the frequencies with which individuals display particular behaviors during the brief time intervals each is observed.
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.
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.