LIQUIDATION OF ATTACHMENT
the technique of alleviating psychopathological symptoms by removing attachments which bind patients to their current situation.
LISSENCEPHALY
a result of abnormal non-development of the cerebral cortex in the human brain which leads to an absence of convolutions.…
LISTENING ATTITUDE
first proposed by Italian-born U.S. psychiatrist Silvano Arieti (1914 - 1982) the listening attitude is the therapists openness and willingness…
LISTENING STRATEGY
an observation which implies listeners tend to pay more attention towards the end of speech and at the start than…
LISTWISE DELETION
the omittion of any missing non-essential data from research results when the dataset is analysed.
LITERACY TEST
a test which looks at the individuals ability to read or write in a specific language.
LITERAL ALEXIA
a condition which results in an inability to recognize individual letters or numbers. Confusion between unique pieces of data can…
LITERAL PARAPHASIA
a disturbance in the natural flow of speech where elements are replaced with other components making the speech difficult to…
LITERALISM
the strict adherence to the observable phenomena or facts available in the situation. This was first proposed by Jean Piaget…
LITERARY PSYCHOANALYSIS
in literary terms it is the application of psychoanalysis to literary interpretations.
LITIGIOUS PARANOIA
a strand of paranoia in which individuals quarrel consistently, claim persecution (which is usually untrue) and insist that their 'rights'…
LITTLE ALBERT
was the name of a cover identity assigned by B. Watson and R. Rayner when demonstrating fear conditioning in humans.
LITTLE HANS
a landmark study during which Sigmund Freud linked a boys phobia of horses to anxiety from witnessing his father masturbating.…
LIVING WILL
a letter or document which lists or explains the wishes of a person (whilst still competent) in the event of…