APA Dictionary of Psychology

reactional biography

Updated on 11/15/2023

in employment interviews, an applicant’s account of their employment history or other experience that sheds significant light on how they reacted to workplace events. A skillful interviewer will attempt to elicit such information in addition to the factual data; similarly, a skillful interviewee will know how to present their experiences in terms of positive lessons learned or challenges overcome.
in the interbehavioral psychology of Jacob Robert Kantor, an organism’s history of interactions with and responses to environmental stimuli, which influences that organism’s subsequent psychological development and behavior.

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