Anxiety Disorders

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DISENGAGEMENT

The act of withdrawing from a relationship or from an unpleasant experience.

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP

The relationship between the drug and its efficacy to target the organ or symptom.

ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.

EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION

Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.

EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.

ERROR OF EXPECTATION

The error that arises from a preconceived idea.

EXPECTANCY

1. Behavioural psychology. The state where an organism anticipates an event based on previous experience. 2. Cognitive psychology. Mental set

EXTERNALIZATION

1. defense mechanism where our thoughts and feelings are attributed to the external world. 2. Process of learning to distinguish

LITIGIOUS PARANOIA

a strand of paranoia in which individuals quarrel consistently, claim persecution (which is usually untrue) and insist that their 'rights'

MASKING

is the deliberate and purposeful hiding, muting, silencing or removal of a stimulus from the target so they may no

MEMORY DISTORTION

is the inaccurate and usually wrong recall of incorrect facts in relation with a specific stimulus.

METHODOLOGICAL OBJECTIVISM VERSUS METHOD

first proposed by U.S. psychologist Robert I. Watson (1909 - 1980) is a prescriptive dimension which can be used to

MODERATOR VARIABLE

with respect to statistics, a moderator variable is entirely unrelated to the criterion variable but it is still related to

MUTUAL PRETENSE

typically occurs between members of a group due to anxiety of the consequences if any of the group fail to

NERVOUS HABIT

are typically actions which exert a degree of control over a situation such as biting ones nails.

OBEDIENCE

noun. An action that is well-aligned with a direct order.

OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY

any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging,

OVERT RESPONSE

any viewable or exterior response.

PATIENT

noun. 1. a recipient of healthcare from a licensed healthcare professional. 2. with regard to language, the being which is

PERSEVERATION

1. overall, perseverance in doing something to an awesome level or past an adequate point. 2. with regard to neuropsychology,