Psychology Glossary

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Index scores refers to scores that correspond to the major ability factors that underlie the WAIS-III subtest scores, that is, Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, Working M

Learned-helplessness orientation refers to a tendency to give up or to stop trying after failing because these failures have been attributed to a lack of ability that one can do little about. Please see also Learned helplessness orientation.

Guided mastery techniques refer to interventions designed to increase health -promoting behaviors by providing explicit information about how to engage in these behaviors as well as opportunities to engage in these behaviors in increasingly challenging situations

- EBS (Electronic brainstorming) : EBS is teh acronym of Electronic brainstorming which means generating ideas and solving problems using computer-based communication methods such as online discussions and real-time e-mail rather than face-to-face sessions.