DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY
Form of construct validity shown by measuring the constructs conceptually unrelated and o not correlate with data.
DISEASE OF ADAPTATION
Any illness that is caused by a long term defective physiological or psychological reaction to stress.
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
Any pattern of disruptive behaviour that does not have a specific category.
DISTRACTIBILITY
Having difficulty in maintaining attention or being easily diverted away from an activity. See flight of ideas.
DISTURBANCE TERM RESIDUAL TERM, ERROR VARIANCE
The variablity in a score not systematic or controlled and not produced by an independent variable.
DIVIDED ATTENTION
Paying attention to 2 things at once so more tasks can be performed at the same time.
DOMINANCE AGGRESSION
Form of animal aggression involving one animal having a higher status over the others by the use of threats or…
DOUBLE BIND
The situation where a person recieves contradictory messages from one person or from different people.
DOWN THROUGH
Technique used to test clairvoyance where a person is asked to list the zener cards in order from top of…
DUAL CAREERS
The home situation where both partners are career orinted and no one stays at home and is the home maker.
DUCHENNE SMILE
A smile that characterised by crow's feet around the eyes and an upturning of lips.