WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (WAYS)
a 66-object survey delivered to determine thoughts and actions which adults utilize to deal with distressful experiences in day to…
PREVALENCE
A numerical value showing the total incidents of diseases or disorders in a specific population during a specific time-frame (called…
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Professional ethics are rules of conduct for a specific profession and are generally drawn up by members of the professional…
PSYCHOANALYSIS
Psychoanalysis, as formulated by its developer, Dr. Sigmund Freud, is a treatment of psychological disorder and treatments. It is based…
PSYCHOLOGIST
A professionally trained doctor in psychology. Successfully trained psychologists have a doctorate in philosophy (PhD), psychology (PsyD) or education (EdD).…
PUNISHMENT
A factor in operant conditioning. Basically, the process that makes a certain response to a stimulus less probable. As an…
RATIONALIZATION
An explanation in which apparently logical reasons are given to justify unacceptable behavior. In psychoanalytical theory, such an outlook is…
RECONSTRUCTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Mental therapy aimed at fundamental and comprehensive adjustment of a subject's personality by improving the subject's comprehension of personality growth,…
RELAXATION
State of being relaxed. Refreshment of mind and body. Reduction in intensity of tension or vigor. Musculature returning to an…
RESPONSE TOPOGRAPHY
Physical attributes of a given response; may be force, duration, location, or extent. See also: topography of response.
ROLE REVERSAL
Strategy intended for treatment and instructive reasons wherein someone swaps roles with somebody else, so as to encounter different thinking…
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be…
PSYCHOANALYST
A specially trained therapist who utilizes Freudian theories and practices to treat mental disorders. In the U.S., psychoanalytically training begins…
PSYCHOLOGY
Originally a philosophy, now recognized as study of the mind represented by various disciplines and research including experimental, biological and…
PURPOSIVE BEHAVIORISM
A theory in cognitive learning that states that behavioral acts have an underlying purpose. And that all goals of the…
REACTANCE THEORY
The theory describing a motivational state consisting of distress, anxiety and desire to restore freedoms taken away when an individual…
REFERENCE GROUP
Concept which refers to a group with which another group or individual is compared. In sociology, a group that subjects…
RELIABILITY OF COMPOSITES
Reliability of the various components of a test or measurement device. See also: composite reliability.