POSITIVE SELF-TALK
the covert expression of concepts which encourage the development of an ideal performance state and are driving or self-enhancing.
PRESCRIPTION PRIVILEGE
the legal privilege to prescribe drugs and other medicines required for the remediation of medical or cognitive health troubles.
POSITIVE TRANSFERENCE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, displacement onto the therapy professional of emotions of idealization, love, attachment, or other good feelings…
POSITIVIST CRIMINOLOGY
an approach which attempts to explain criminal actions not as an exercise of free will or of one's choosing, but…
POSTPOSITIVISM
noun. 1. the general stance of American psychology since the mid-twentieth century, whenever it stopped being dominated by logical positivism,…
POWERLESSNESS
a state of mind wherein people feel they have no control over or effect on aspects or occurrences which impact…
POLARIZATION
noun. 1. a difference in electric potential between two exteriors or two sides of one exterior due to chemical activity.…
POPULATION
noun. 1. the entire amount of people in a rendered geographical location. 2. with regard to statistics, a theoretically defined,…
PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
DEPOLARIZATION
A reduction in the potential of a cell, usually a neuron. See action potential. Compare hyperpolarisation.
DIDACTIC GROUP THERAPY
Used in group therapy where a person is more likely to respond under the active guidance of a leader.
DISEQUILIBRIUM
1. Loss of physical balance. 2. An emotional imbalance. 3. State of tension between cognitive processes. See equilibriation- disesthesia.
DIVIDED ATTENTION
Paying attention to 2 things at once so more tasks can be performed at the same time.
EMOTIONAL STABILITY
The consistency and predictability of emotional reactions. Compare affective lability.
EPILEPTOID PERSONALITY
Personality pattern including irritability, selfishness, aggressiveness and being uncooperative.
EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY
Aggressive rsponses are intensified by arousal from other stimuli not directly related to the original stimulus that started the aggression.