DECEREBRATION
Losing the ability to discriminate, learn and control movements as a result of severing the brainstem.
DECOMPENSATION
The breakdown of our defense mechanisms that result in a worsening of psychiatric symptoms.
DEEP BODY TEMPERATURE
Temperature of the organs inside the body. Also called core temperature. See body temperature.
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.
DETACHED RETINA
The separationof the inner layer of the retina from the outer pigment layer. Also called retinal detachment. See diabetic retinopathy.
DETOUR PROBLEM
Used in problem solving by looking at indirect or circuitous solutions as the most direct solution is blocked.