Random dot stereogram

R-data

Quota sampling

Questionnaire

Quantitative method

Quality circles

Qualitative method

Q-data

Pure tone

Punctuated equilibrium

Puberty

Psychoticism

Psychosomatics

Psychopathology

Psychometric test

Psychodynamic model

a theoretical model applied to the diagnosis of mental-health and physical problems psychometric a term applied in intelligence research to cover those aspects concerned with the design and the use of intelligence tests, and related research which has been based on the results of intelligence tests.

a performance or IQ test often used to assess candidates for jobs.

in Freudian analysis, a method for gaining insight by analysing the significance of and underlying motivation for the verbal slips made by patients in conversation.

in clinical psychology, the application of psychological research and theories not only to mental health problems but also to physical health problems, by extending the study of clinical problems to primary-care and general hospital settings.

in the Eysenck Peronality Questionnaire, a personality dimension used in the analysis of behavioural data.

a variable period of a year or so during which the child undergoes relatively rapid development, particularly in its sex organs, and in the case of the female, in its ability to reproduce.

in the theory of evolution, a period of brief bursts of rapid change in a species, activated by favourable environmental conditions.

an alternative word for harmonic or sinusoid.

Q

a category of data used in personality assessment, relating to self-ratings gained from questionnaires.

an increasingly popular method applied by psychologists in reaching insights into human experience and behaviour that cannot be gained from the quantitative method.

a type of work group, popular in Japan and the USA, where small groups of employees from the same work areas meet regularly to identify, analyse and solve quality and other work problems.

an approach used by psychologists in research studies in order to count quantities and use statistical support in the evaluation of findings.

a less personal version of a face-to-face interview, usually intended for a larger collection of subjects but which is nevertheless highly structured in content.

a form of sampling in which the sample consists of a certain number of cases from different categories, in order that the sample reflects the parent population as much as possible.

R

a category of data used in personality assessment, relating to others' ratings of a target individual.

a visual stimulus consisting of a pair of random dot patterns whose two members are identical, except that a region in one is displaced relative to the other.

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