evocative therapy

therapy based on the idea that behavior is aroused by underlying factors. Once the factors underlying a maladaptive or unwanted behavior have been identified, dispositional and environmental changes can be made to affect those factors and therefore alter the behavior. [originated by Jerome D. Frank]

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May 6th 2024

one-group pretest–posttest design

a variation of the pretest–posttest design in which only a single set of participants is measured on a dependent variable of interest, exposed to a treatment or intervention, and then measured again to determine the change or difference between the initial (pre-) and second (post-) measurement. The lack of a control group in this type of research design makes it difficult to attribute gains in the posttest score to the intervention, as other elements (e.g., participant maturation) may have contributed to any change observed. Also called one-group pre–post design.