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MENTAL DISORDER

is an umbrella a term used to describe any psychological symptoms, abnormal behaviours, impaired functioning or any combination of the

MOOD-DEPENDENT MEMORY

is a theory which suggests the rate at which a memory can be retrieved is dependent on the mood the

NEGATIVE ADAPTATION

is the gradual loss of feeling or effectiveness due to prolonged stimulation.

OBJECTIVE SCORING

scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same

OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES

mental, emotional, and behavioral results which people consider to be correlated with future, or intended, actions and which are considered

PATHOLOGY

1. operational modifications in someone or an organ corresponding to or stemming from illness or disorder. 2. the scientific analysis

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which

DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING

The failure to see a problem because the symptoms are attrinuted to another disability. See dual dignosis.

DISPERSION

The degree that a group of scores deviate from the mean. Also called spread.

DYADIC RELATIONSHIP

1. A committed 2 person relationship. 2. Relationship between therapist and client.

EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY

The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.

ERROR OF EXPECTATION

The error that arises from a preconceived idea.

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Any research based on random experiments to draw a causal inference.

LIFE SPACE

a representation of the factors affecting an individuals life. These factors include environmental, biological, social and psychological factors which can

MARGINALIZATION

the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.

MENTAL EFFORT

is the degree of mental effort and work needed to complete a given task.

MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING

in the context of psychotherapies, multicultural counselling is a type of therapy which takes into account both racial and ethnic

NEGATIVE AFFECT

is an internal feeling or emotion which is typically experienced after one has failed to complete a task or goal,

OBJECTIVE TEST

an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of

OUTCOME INTERDEPENDENCE

a social scenario wherein at least two people have shared influence over each other's results.