DEFENDER STRATEGY
Business strategy. Where the organisation competes inn the market place by focusing on a narrow range of products.
DEFICIENCY MOTIVE
A tendency to satisfy a need in order to alleviate an efficiency. Compare abundancy motive.
DELAY OF GRATIFICATION
Letting the immediate reward go so a better reward is gotten later. Compare immediate gratification.
DEMANDMENTS
The self-constructed and self-defeating imperitives that convert goals into demands. See rational emotive behaviour therapy.
DEPO-PROVERA
The trade name for medroxyprogester-one acetate used on sex offenders. See chemical castration.
DESIGN TRADE-OFF
A situation where one attribute of a system or product is made less suitable by giving priority to another feature.
DETACHED CHARACTER
A personality featuring extreme self sufficiency and a lack of feeling towards others. Compare aggressive caharacter- compliant character.
DETERRENCE
The idea that punishment will stop a person or deter them from engaging in the same behaviour.
DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The evaluation of physical, emotional, cognitive and social development of a child.
DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH
A view saying that development results from bi-directional interaction between biological and experiential variables.