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.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
The reassurance, encouragement and understanding we give or receive to a person.
EXEMPLIFICATION
The strategy a person uses to make other people regard them as highly moral and virtuous.