Anxiety Disorders

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OUTCOME INTERDEPENDENCE

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

PARTICIPANT

noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter

PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL

the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

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

DEFECTOLOGY

Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DISABILITY

A lasting impairment that interfers with daily life functioning. See handicap.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER

A psychiatric disorder showing disruptive behaviour sever enough that is creates an impairment in social or occupational functioning.

DYNAMIC FORMULATION

The attempt to organise a clients information so the therapist can better treat and understand the client.

EGO-DEFENSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

The role that an attitude plays in maintaining and enhancing our self esteem.

EMOTIONAL STABILITY

The consistency and predictability of emotional reactions. Compare affective lability.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT

A aspect of the environment that discourages the development of skills and abilities.

ETIOLOGY

1. Cause and progression of a disease. 2. Science dealing with the causes of physical and mental disorders.

EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT

Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.

LIFE SPACE

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

MANIFEST ANXIETY

is the theory that anxiety is fuelled by underlying emotional conflict and repressed feelings.

MEDIATED GENERALIZATION

is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the

MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (MSE)

a complete evaluation of a patients mental health taking into consideration data including interviews taken by professionals to standardized tests.

MITIGATING FACTOR

is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a

MULTIDETERMINED BEHAVIOR

describes behaviours of any individual which are considered to be influenced by more than one variable such genetics and environmental