non-Western therapies

alternatives or complements to traditional Western forms of and approaches to treatment that emphasize the body (e.g., acupuncture, yoga) and the interdependency of all beings and de-emphasize individualism and rigid autonomy. These therapies have typically developed outside of Europe and North America. See also complementary and alternative medicine.

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Psychology term of the day

January 30th 2025

temporal consistency

the correlation between measurements obtained from the same test or instrument when administered to the same sample on two different occasions. Temporal consistency is an index of the retest reliability of an instrument. It assumes that there is no substantial change in the construct being measured between the two occasions. The longer the time gap, the greater the likelihood of a lower correlation. Also called temporal stability.