DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
1. Approach to clinical assessment following the basic principles of dynamic testing. 2. The assessment with a goal of elaborating…
DYNAMIC VISUAL DISPLAY
Ergonomics. A visual display designed to show fluctuating information.
DECONSTRUCTION
Critical analysis. Mainly of literary text where there can be no reference for language and no grounding for truth claims.…
DEEP SLEEP
A stage of the sleep cycle where arousal thresholds are high. See also wave sleep.
DEFENSIBLE SPACE
The set of guidelines used to design and plan settings to reduce crime. See territoriality.
DEINDIVIDUATION
An experiential state with a loss of awareness, changed perceptions and atypical behaviour.
DELAYED FEEDBACK
A delay in feedback from the senses that can guide or monitor motor movements.
DELIRIOUS STATE
A clinical state showing features of delirium often from taking drugs, withdrawal from alcohol, hypoxia, head trauma.
DELUSION OF REFERENCE
A false conviction that actions and eventshave a relation to yourself. See idea of reference.
DENSITY-INTENSITY HYPOTHESIS
The explanation of psychological reactions to overcrowding where unpleasant situations are worse and pleasant situations are better.