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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

PAIRING

with regard to behavioral analyses, the juxtaposing of two occurrences in time.

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.

DEPRIVATION

The removal or denial of something or the reduction of access to a reinforcer.

DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION

The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.

DISORDER

A group of systems that can involve abnormal behaviour, intense or persistent stress or the disruption of a function. See

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.

EMOTION

The complex reaction pattern that involves experiential, behavioural and physiological elements.

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

The reassurance, encouragement and understanding we give or receive to a person.

ERROR OF EXPECTATION

The error that arises from a preconceived idea.

EXEMPLIFICATION

The strategy a person uses to make other people regard them as highly moral and virtuous.