Bipolar Disorder

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FRUSTRATION

1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…

FUTURE ORIENTATION

a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.

GLUTAMATE

The salt or ester of amino acid glutamic acid serving as the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Glutamate plays…

GUILT

The term for the self-conscious emotion that a person will feel that features a sens of having done something wrong…

INTERVENTION

1. Deal with the issues and an action on part of the therapist for the client and their problems. When…

INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS

Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…

LATENCY OF RESPONSE

The messure of time that occurs from the introduction of a stimulus and the following response or reaction time. Common…

TEST BATTERY

a set or series of correlated presumptions delivered at one time, with scores documented separately or mixed to produce a…

TIME-SERIES DESIGN

an experimental model which consists of the viewing of units over a specified period of time.

TREATMENT PLAN

the suggested steps for intervening that the therapy professional or counselor plans following an evaluation of the patient being completed.…

VALUE-EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

the role one's outlook can play in the demonstration of core values. An individual may take on a positive outlook…

WELL-BEING

noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and…

TEST BIAS

the propensity of an exam to systematically under- or over-estimate the authentic scores of people to whom the exam is…

TITRATION

noun. a method utilized in ascertaining the optimum dosage of a drug required to generate a favored impact within a…

TRIANGULATION

noun. 1. the procedure involved in confirming a hypothesis by gathering proofs from many sources or experiments or utilizing many…

VARIABLE STIMULUS

any one of a group of experimental stimulants which are to be compared to a constant stimulant, step-by-step.

WILL TO SURVIVE

the determination to live regardless of an adverse scenario or extreme situations. Commonly referred to as will to live.

TEST SOPHISTICATION

familiarity with a specific test or kind of test, that may impact the score achieved on future tests.

TOLERANCE

noun. 1. a condition, stemming from continual utilization of a drug, marked by a significant lessened impact with regular use…

TRIPARTITE THEORY OF ATTITUDES

a theory of attitude structure postulating which an outlook is based upon or contains affective, mental, and behavioral elements.