Anxiety Disorders

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ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS

with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay

PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE

an instruction by a therapy professional toward the client to do exactly the opposite of what common sense would guide

PAYOFF MATRIX

a table or schedule which lists the advantages and costs stemming from each potential route of action which could be

PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT

1. acclimation by someone to occupational and residential conditions within their community and family, particularly with regard to cultural interactions

PILOT TESTING

the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.

DECEPTION RESEARCH

Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.

DETERIORATION EFFECT

After partcipating in psychotherapy this is the adverse or negative outcome from it.

DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR (DRO)

Used to decrease the rate of a targeted response. Also called ommission training.

DISORGANIZED SPEECH

Incoherent speech. See metonymic distortion- neologism- paralogia.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Identifying 2 distict disoreders present at the same time. See comorbidity.

EFFECT SIZE

The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.

EMOTIONAL INSIGHT 1

1. Awareness of your own emotional reactions and those of others. 2. Psychotherapy. The client's awareness of emotional forces underlying

EMPTY ORGANISM PSYCHOLOGY

Behavioural psychology. Attempts to predict and control behaviour based on external observable stimulus and reinforcement conditions.

ESCAPISM

The tendency a person has to escape from the real world to one of delight or security.

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

The group or participants exposed to the variable.

LEGITIMATE POWER

The ability to influence fellow members of a group which is usually dependent on your status within the group and

MACHOVER DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP TEST)

a test which aims to help clinicians identify the individuals personality. The participant is asked to first draw a person

MATCHED-GROUP DESIGN

is an experimental design for research studies which requires both the experimental and control groups are similar or matched on

MENTAL HEALTH

is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely

MILLER-MOWRER SHUTTLEBOX

is a piece of apparatus which is used to examine escape and avoidance learning consisting of a straight alley with