DERMATOGLYPHICS
The study of the lines on the skin of the hands, fingers and soles of the feet.
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
An empirical investigation to test a hypothesis or to look at conditions, relationships.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Branch of psychology dealing with changes from conception into old age. Introduction Understanding the complexities of human growth across the…
DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING
The failure to see a problem because the symptoms are attrinuted to another disability. See dual dignosis.
DIFFERENTIAL ACCURACY
The way of determining how accurately a person's traits differ from the sterotype attributed to them such as age or…
DIFFERENTIAL RELAXATION
Technique where we exert only the muscle tension required for an activity.
DIGIT SPAN
An attention test to see how many numbers a person is able to remember. There is a forward and backward…
DILUTION EFFECT
Animal behaviour. A large group of animals has a better chance of eluding a large animal preying on them than…
DIRECT SELECTION
A form of natural selection where a trait will improve the likelihood of the offsprings survival to reproduce.
DIRECTIVE GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
Group therapy that helps a person adjust to their environment through tasks and therapeutic recreation.