DEATH TABOO (DEATH TABU)
the virtue that death is so hazardous and scary a topic that someone ought not just abstain from contact with…
DEATH TRANCE
a condition of obvious paused motion in a person, marked by little physical movement
DEATH WISH
1. with regard to psychoanalytic theory, an aware or unaware desire that someone else, especially an authority figure, will meet…
DEATH-ANXIETY SCALES
Death-Anxiety is an overwhelming, pervasive fear of death that interferes with a person's daily functioning. This is from answers to…
DEATHBED ESCORTS AND VISIONS
The auditory and visual sights experienced by those near death of relatives coming to guide them through this life to…
DEATH-QUALIFIED JURY
The jury that contains people capable of handling down a death penalty. See Wainright vs. Witt.
DEAUTOMATIZATION HYPOTHESIS
An idea that states automatic processes cab be controlled by conscious and voluntary control. See automaticity.
DEBILITATIVE ANXIETY
An anxiety felt by a person that they see as interfering with their performance, such as being psyched out or…
DEBRIEFING
The process after a research project where the participants are given more details about the project.
DEBT COUNSELING
This is carried out to help people with debt and offers them advice on consolidation and managing money.
DECARCERATION
Where offenders are removed from a correctional facility to a community facility. See de-institutionalisation.
DECATASTROPHIZING
Technique used to people with irrational fears by exploring the reality of the situation.
DECATHEXIS
Psychoanalytic theory. The withdrawal of libido from objects in the external world. Compare caihexis.
DECAY THEORY
The theory that states unless we keep using something we have remembered it will eventually go away. Also called trace-decay…
DECENTERING
1. Techniques used to move from ventured thinking to open-minded thinking. 2. Dissolving the unity between self and identity. See…