DECISIONAL BALANCE
A way to assess positive and negative consequences of choosing a new behaviour.
DECONTEXTUALIZATION
Process of examining or interpreting something that is separate from the context in which it is embedded.
DEEP STRUCTURE
Anatomy. Any organ that is beneath the surface layers of the body. 2. Transformational generative grammar. Abstract base form of…
DEGENERACY
1. State when a person has reverted to an earlier state of development. 2. Possessing few morals standards normal to…
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
Process of moving people from an institution to a home environment. See community care.
DELAYED MATCHING TO SAMPLE (DMTS)
Involves conditional discrimination where the participant is shown a stimulus then after a short interval is shown 2 stimulus and…
DEMING MANAGEMENT METHOD
The approach to management emphasising the role of senior management. Important in total quality management. See Japanese management theory.
DEPRESSIVE ANXIETY
Psychoanalytic theory. An anxiety based on fearing your hostile feelings towards others.
DEPTH THERAPY
Psychotherapy. Working through unconscious conflicts that are interferring with behaviour. Compare surface therapy.
DESCRIPTIVE OPERANT
Looks at the formal and physical requirements for reinforement. See operant. Compare functional operant.
DETERIORATION EFFECT
After partcipating in psychotherapy this is the adverse or negative outcome from it.