PATTERN THEORY
a theory preserving that the nerve impulse pattern for pain is generated by severe arousal of non-particular receptors, since there…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
assessment of the functioning state of the body, an organ, or a tissue, inclusive of chemical and physical aspects and…
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.
DISHABITUATION
The reapperarance or enhancement of a habitual response due to new stimulus. Compare habituation.
DOUBLE STANDARD
A hypocritical belief where one behaviour is admissible in one group but not in the other.
ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH
The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,…
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
ESCAPE BEHAVIOR
A response that is designed to move away from aversive stimulus by withdrawal or entering a fantasy world. Compare avoidance…
EXPERIENCE
1. The conscious event. 2. Present content of consciousness. 3. An event resulting in earning.
EXTINCTION
1. Biology. Loss of a species or genus completely or in a certain environment. 2. Neurophysiology. A decrease in a…
LONG-TERM THERAPY
a therapy which lasts on a long period of time which typically consisting of multiple appointments over months instead of…
MASS PSYCHOLOGY
Is the collective term used to describe the range of psychological and emotional processes which occur throughout a population of…
MENTAL ABILITIES
describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…
METHODOLOGY
is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which…