DELAYED REINFORCEMENT
Reinforcement that happens after a response. Delay may be signaled or unsignaled.
DELTA ALCOHOLISM
The fourth stage of alcoholism wher a person drinks everyday and control over intake is not totally gone. See alpha,…
DEMOCRATIC PARENTING
A style of parenting suggested by Alfred Adler where the parents guide a child's development in a steady and accepting…
DERAILMENT
Thought disorder symptom marked by interruptions to thought and jumping from one though to another disconnected thought. See cognitive derailment-…
DESTRUCTIVENESS
Expressing aggression by using destructive behaviour. See self-destructiveness.
DETERMINATION
1. Mental attitude with astrong commitment to goal reaching. 2. process of making a decision. 3. Precise definition or qualification…
DEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATION
The abnormally slow growth. In one or all areas. See dvelopmental delay- developmental immaturity.
DEXAMETHASONE
Synthetic cortisol with the same actions as cortisol. US trade name decadron.
DIDACTIC TEACHING
1. A technique used in therapy where both verbal and written information is given to clients.2. Part of a graduate…