DYNAMIC MODEL
Psychoanalytic theory. The view that the psyche can be explained by the underlying drives and instincts. Compare economic model- topographic…
DYSGRAMMATISM
The persistent use of incorrect grammar as a symptom of aphasia. See agrammatism.
DECLARATIVE
The sentence or clause that makes a statement and not a question. See indicative.
DEFECT ORIENTATION
A service planning process that focuses on a person's limitations, deficits and disabilities. See defect theory. Compare development orientation.
DEFERRED IMITATION
Imitating an act some time after it happened. Proposed by Jean Piaget and first seen at around 18 months old.
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
1. Number of elements free to vary in a statistical calculation. See chi-square distribution. 2. Motor control. The joints and…
DEJA RACONTE
French-told before. The idea that a long forgotten event has been told before. See false memory.
DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
A pattern revealed by a population variable such as birth and death rates, income, medical health etc.
DENYING THE ANTECEDENT
The formal fallacy the denies the antecedent. See affirming the antecedent- affirming the consequent.