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DOUBLE DISSOCIATION

Research process used to demonstrate the action of 2 separable psychological or biological systems such as the types of memory

DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION

The transmission of information from higher levels of management to lower levels and subordinates. See channels of communication- communication network.

DREAM CENSORSHIP

Psychoanalytic theory.Dusguising unconscious wishes in dreams that would disturb the ego if made while awake. See censor.

DRILL

The methodical repitition of a physical or mental response used in learning.

DRUG CULTURE

The lifestyle of people who take and abuse drugs that create an altered form of consciousness.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

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

DUMMY

Used in a double blind drug trial where the dummy or placebo is identical to the drug being trialled.

DUTY TO WARN

The obligation of a health professional to warn a third party of potential harm by a client. See duty to

DYNAMIC MODEL

Psychoanalytic theory. The view that the psyche can be explained by the underlying drives and instincts. Compare economic model- topographic

DYSBASIA

Having a difficulty of walking due to a neurological or psychological disorder.

DYSGRAMMATISM

The persistent use of incorrect grammar as a symptom of aphasia. See agrammatism.

DYSPAREUNIA

Painful sexual intercourse.

DYSRHYTHMIA

A abnormality of rhythm.

DECEPTION CLUE

A feature of behaviour that shows an individual is not telling the truth.

DECLARATIVE

The sentence or clause that makes a statement and not a question. See indicative.

DEDIFFERENTIATION

A loss of specialisation and functional abilities.

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.