Bipolar Disorder

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STABILITY-INSTABILITY

These are the bipolar dimensions of a single trait of emotional stability.

STIMULUS SUBSTITUTION

Is when one stimulus takes the place of another stimulus and response is similar in both. In Pavlov

SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION

It is a method to present the information in a certain way that you can help the people to change

SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR

Type of the reaction to certain situations/impulses that gets so embedded in individual's course of action that he repeats it

TANGENTIALITY

it is a condition in which person experienced flight of ideas and unable to focus on main point. The inability

SELF-CONFRONTATION

where we examine our own behaviours and attitudes to make a change we may need to make. By doing this

SELF-PERCEPTION

a person's view of themselves and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the self. Also called a

SENSORY CUE

a sense stimulus that evokes a response or a behaviour pattern.

SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

a repeated measures design where a single person, group or sampling unit is observed over time. Also called intrasubject replication

SOCIAL CODE

These are the rules and standards that a community adheres to.

SOCIAL LOAFING

where a person reduces their effort when working in a social situation. Compare social facilitation. See social interference.

SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS

These are the environmental conditions that play a part in adaptive and healthy behaviour and wellbeing or just the opposite.

STAGES OF CHANGE

The 5 steps to bring a change in health behaviour: precontemplation; contemplation; preparation; action; maintenance. Referred as transtheoratical model. It

STRANGULATED AFFECT

Is the physical symptom that is seen when a person inhibits a normal discharge of emotion. This theory was advanced

SUBLIMINAL PRIMING

It is the stimulations on the unconscious and it increases the probability of later occurrence as well as the related

SUPPORT GROUP

Group that contains individuals with similar problems, who meet on a regular basis to share problems and get support and

TARDIVE DYSKINESIA

the onset of this movement disorder is experienced when continuous use of antipsychotic drug is discontinued. Patients having Mood disorder

SELF-CONTROL

a person's ability to control emotions and behaviour and to limit our impulses. See self- discipline; self-regulation; self-controlled. Having this

SELF-PERCEPTION THEORY

The theory that states people only have a limited access to the attitudes, beliefs, traits or their psychological states. We

SEQUENTIAL EFFECT

Choice-reaction tasks. It is the influence of a preceding trial on the performance of the current trail.