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.
DEPENDENCY NEEDS
Where personal needs must be satisfie by others such as love, shelter, food, warmth. See co-dependency- morbid dependency.
DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY
The approach that focuses on our unconscious mental processes, personality, cfreativity, attitudes and lifestyle.
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DEVELOPMENTAL PHARMACOKINETICS
Study of an infant to see how pharmacological agents are processed. See pharmacokinetics.
DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY
A way to treat children and adolescents with different behavioural problems.
DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
The interview with the mental health professional looking at a person's problems and situations.
DICHOTIC LISTENING
Listening to a message in one ear and ignoring the different mesaage in the other ear.
DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD
The smallest difference perceptible between 2 stimuli that can be measured. What is the difference threshold in psychology? The just…