EXCITEMENT
An emotional state of enthusiasm, eagerness and anticipation. Compare excitation.
EXTENDED SUICIDE
A murder-suicide situation where both are consideredd as the first person's suicide and not murder of another person.
MANUAL ARTS THERAPY
is the use of manual arts such as woodworking and metalworking as rehabilitative activities.
MEGALOMANIA
is a condition which highlights a persons self-inflated (mis-) conception of their importance and worth to a group or company.
METHODOLOGY
is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which…
MOOD INDUCTION
defines any method which can be used to induce a change in an individuals mood, regardless of the direction of…
NAIVE OBSERVER I
is an observer, who will have little or no knowledge about the scenario or event they are asked to observe,…
NEUROTICISM
is an umbrella term used to describe a range of meanings. For example, neuroticism could detail a state of neurosis…
OBJECTIVE SELF-AWARENESS
a reflective condition of consciousness wherein an individual regards their self in an unbiased way, recognizing individual restrictions and the…
ORGANIC-AFFECTIVE SYNDROME
in the DSM-III-R, any disruption of mood with indicators which meet the standards for a mood disorder but which stem…
PAYOFF MATRIX
a table or schedule which lists the advantages and costs stemming from each potential route of action which could be…
PERSONALITY DISINTEGRATION
a swift breakdown in character, cohesion, and operating, generally due to specifically distressing life scenarios.
DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.
DOPAMINE (DA)
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter with a vital role in several functions of the brain: sleep, mood, motivation, behavior, reward, cognition,…
ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.