MENTAL DISORDER
is an umbrella a term used to describe any psychological symptoms, abnormal behaviours, impaired functioning or any combination of the…
MIRROR TECHNIQUE
otherwise known as mirroring, in psychological experiments, one participant is asked to complete an exercise whilst a confederate (fake participant)…
MORAL CODE
is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community…
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION
usually employs an observational method where a research study is conducted primarily in the field without the control of the…
NONSHARED ENVIRONMENT
with regard to behavior genetic analyses, those facets of a surrounding climate which peoples living together don't share and which…
PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.
PERTURBATION
noun. 1. an anxious or stressful cognitive state. With regard to the framework of a complete or tried suicide, it…
DETERMINISM
1. Philosophy. Taking the psoition that all events are the results of an antecedent cause or other force. See causality.…
DISPLACEMENT
Transferring behaviour or feelings from the original objet or person to another. See displaced aggression- drive displacement- scape goating.
EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION
Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.
EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Philosophy. Knowledge gained from experience. 2. Sciences. Knowledge gained from experiment and observation. See empiricism.
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.
LEARNED OPTIMISM
A psychotherapy mechanism where patients systematically remove depressive thoughts concentrating on the positive.