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DOMINANCE AGGRESSION

Form of animal aggression involving one animal having a higher status over the others by the use of threats or

DONG QUAI

A herbal agent derived from Angelica sinensis thjat is a plant native to Chins, Korea and Japan. Used mainly for

DORIDEN

Trade name for glutethimide.

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

DREAD

1. the intense fear or fearful anticipation. See angst. 2. Psychoanalysis the anxiety from a specific threat.

DRESSING APRAXIA

The inability to dress yourself.

DROPOUT

1. A student who leaves school beofre graduation. 2. Patient who stops treatment before it is completed.

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.

DUSO PROGRAM

Provides therapy to emotionally disturbed children to develop and understand themselves and others.

DYNAMIC EFFECT LAW

The theory that goal directed behaviour becomes a habit as a person attains each goal.

DYNAMOMETER

The instrument used to measure force and power.

DYSGENIC

A factor or influence that is detrimental to heredity. Compare eugenic.

DYSORTHOGRAPHIA

Not being able to spell.

DYSPONESIS

State of habitual tension generating hypertension, migraine headaches and bruxism,

DYSURIA

Having difficult or painful urination often caused by a bacterial infection.

DECISION-PLANE MODEL

The 2 dimensional schema showing the risks and benefits of research.

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.