Having viewed some of the highly edited videotaped material of Terri Schiavo and having seen other patients in a persistent vegetative state, I am not surprised that family members and others unfamiliar with this condition would interpret some of her apparent alertness and movement as meaningful.
A Likert Scale is a type of psychometric scale frequently used in psychology questionnaires. It was developed by and named after organizational psychologist Rensis Likert. Self-report inventories are one of the most widely used tools in psychological research.
Definition of proper. 1  1 : the parts of the Mass that vary according to the liturgical calendar. 2  2 : the part of a missal or breviary containing the proper of the Mass and the offices proper to the holy days of the liturgical year.