Anxiety Disorders

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SUPERORDINATE GOAL

1. It is a goal that is of higher importance then some other, less important one; 2. It is a…

SYNDROME

It is a group of the symptoms together with the signs that result to only one cause. They can indicate…

SELF-EFFICACY

a capacity to bring about a desired result. To bring desired results by performing in an efficient way is known…

SELF-STATEMENT MODIFICATION

a technique to change bad ideas about ourselves that have been uncovered in cognitive behaviour therapy. See self-instructional training.

SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)

Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and…

SITUATIONAL EFFECT

the effect on different environments on the behaviour of people in experiments.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

the gradual gaining of skills, relationships and attitudes that enables a person to interact in society.

SOCIAL LOAFING

where a person reduces their effort when working in a social situation. Compare social facilitation. See social interference.

SOCIAL SITUATION

combination of all social factors that come into play at any one time.

SOMATOPSYCHOLOGY

the study of the psychological impact of a disease or disability.

STANDARD

A basis for evaluating the worth of something and how it should be. It is just like a general idea…

STIMULUS FUNCTION

Stimulus function is to evoke the response in an organism is the function of stimulus. In operant conditioning, a stimulus…

SUBJECTIVITY

It is the ability of interpreting the data or to make judgment by using the experience, beliefs and feeling. It…

SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR

Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it…

SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION

It is a form of the behaviour therapy and it reduces the anxiety that it is associated with a certain…

SELF-ACTIVITY

The decision to carry out actions you have thought about yourself and not been told to do. Such activity is…

SELF-FOCUS

1. An ability a person has to direct conscious attention on themselves, thoughts, desires and emotions. 2. A person's ability…

SELF-TALK

the dialogue that we have with ourselves that can confirm and reinforce both positive and negative beliefs. Athletes are trained…

SHORT-TERM THERAPY

therapy that is brief and relies on goal setting and active techniques. It may last as long as 10 -20…

SLEEP PATTERN

our habitual pattern in sleep, 8 hours straight, 2 4 hour periods or a daytime nap. Whatever pattern we show.…