ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS
with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay…
PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST
an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.
PEAK SHIFT
1. a phenomenon, observed in stimulus generalization, which takes place after discrimination training comprising two stimulants across a typical dimension.…
PERSONALITY INVENTORY
a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which…
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF LOW RATE (DRI)
Reinforcement when response to stimuli is low. Also called differential reinforcement of long response times.
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP
The relationship between the drug and its efficacy to target the organ or symptom.
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Community psychology. Where a social entity is viewed in terms of the relationship between people, roles, orgaisations, events, resources and…
EMOTIONAL CONFLICT
The state of disharmony between incompatible intense emotions such as love and desire.
ERROR OF OMISSION
A type of humanerror where a person leaves out an important action resulting in a function failing. Compare error of…
EXTERNALIZATION
1. defense mechanism where our thoughts and feelings are attributed to the external world. 2. Process of learning to distinguish…
LONG-TERM THERAPY
a therapy which lasts on a long period of time which typically consisting of multiple appointments over months instead of…
MARGINALIZATION
the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.
MIND-BODY PROBLEM
is the inability to accounting for a relationship between the mental and physical processes in the body. Solutions to the…
MOOD-CONGRUENT PSYCHOTIC FEATURES
defines delusions or hallucinations which are consistent with either depressive and manic moods which typically occur during episodes.
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…