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LUCID INTERVAL

is a term used to describe a period of normality or clear thought after a period of disorganization and delirium.

MASS PSYCHOLOGY

Is the collective term used to describe the range of psychological and emotional processes which occur throughout a population of

MENTAL HEALTH

is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely

MIRRORING

is the process of emulating, or copying exactly the behaviours, speech, and characteristics of another individual. Therapists can sometimes employ

MORAL THERAPY

was a type of therapy seen in the 19th century which believed that a person considered insane could be helped

NEGATIVE ACCELERATION

is the binary opposite to positive acceleration where a situation which should change the rate of development of a variable

NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR

behaviors which can dictate a person's outlooks or emotions without the need for speech. Non-verbal behaviors can be apmother or

OBTRUSIVE MEASURE

a way of gathering measurements or observations wherein those partaking know that a measurement is underway.

OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES

mental, emotional, and behavioral results which people consider to be correlated with future, or intended, actions and which are considered

PARTICIPANT

noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter

PERCEIVED SELF

the subjective appraisal of private factors which one renders to their self.

PHARMACOTHERAPY

noun. the remediation of a disorder by the delivery of drugs, in contrast to such methods as psychotherapy, surgery, or

DECEPTION RESEARCH

Used in research where the participants are not told everything about the research. See active deception- double deception- passive deception.

DEVELOPMENT

The progressive series of change in something.

DIRECTIONALITY PROBLEM

A problem with 2 variables where the cause and effect is not known.

DISPLAY RULES

Human behaviour. Social standards used for expressing emotion.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Identifying 2 distict disoreders present at the same time. See comorbidity.

EGO FUNCTIONS

Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.

EMOTIONAL FLOODING

Lay term. Overwhelming feelings of emotion.

EMPIRICAL SELF

The self that is known to the self. Where me is contrasted to I.