DUAL CODING THEORY
1.Lingusitics. Theory that an input represented in memory as a word and a picture is more readily recalled than a…
DUSTBOWL EMPIRICISM
The approach to science and social science consisting of making empirical observations and collecting data rather than establishing a theoretical…
DYNAMIC FORMULATION
The attempt to organise a clients information so the therapist can better treat and understand the client.
DYSARTHRIA
Dysarthria is a motor disorder of speech caused by a cerebellar stroke weakening the muscles of the mouth, face and…
DYSGENIC PRESSURE
A reduction of a population's intelligence attributed to a changing gene pool. See Flynn effect.
DECROLY METHOD OF SCHOOLING 1
1. Educational method developed in Brussels in 1907 where the classroom is a workshop where learning is based on 4…
DEESE PARADIGM
A memory task where people will recall related words that are not on the list.
DEFENSIVE IDENTIFICATION
When the abused person identifies with the abuser or with the group that identifies the perpetrator.
DELUSIONAL JEALOUSY
A feeling that your partner is unfaithful. Formerly called amourous paranoia. Also called morbid jealousy- Othello sysndrome or delusion- pathological…
DEMOCRATIC ATMOSPHERE
A climate of political and social equality where members make choices that reflects the intentions of the group.