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Behavioral assessment A research methodology designed to examine a target behavior critically with consideration of the environmental antecedents and consequences that serve…

Behavioral Of or relating to the activities of an organism, most commonly used to describe the gross behavior of animals such as…

Behavior All the activities that living organisms exhibit. Some research strategies limit the definition of behavior to those fitting a priori categories…

Bedwetting The discharge of urine during sleep. Bedwetting normally occurs until a child’s bladder grows enough to be able to hold the…

Bayley Scales of Infant Development A widely used set of scales to measure child development from birth to 3 1 2 years…

Bayes’ theorem In statistics, a formal expression of the probability that one event will occur, given that another event occurs when the…

Bayesian inference Statistical inference based on Bayes’ theorem which uses observation to estimate probabilities of related conditional events.

Battered wife syndrome A theoretical term for a large constellation of nonspecific mental and behavioral symptoms associated with prolonged abuse by a…

Battered child syndrome A constellation of physical and behavioral symptoms characteristic of children who have been physically abused. Physical symptoms include bruises,…

Battered child A child who has been physically abused, usually in a serious or prolonged manner.