DERAILMENT
Thought disorder symptom marked by interruptions to thought and jumping from one though to another disconnected thought. See cognitive derailment-…
DESTRUCTIVENESS
Expressing aggression by using destructive behaviour. See self-destructiveness.
DETERMINATION
1. Mental attitude with astrong commitment to goal reaching. 2. process of making a decision. 3. Precise definition or qualification…
DEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATION
The abnormally slow growth. In one or all areas. See dvelopmental delay- developmental immaturity.
DEXAMETHASONE
Synthetic cortisol with the same actions as cortisol. US trade name decadron.
DIDACTIC TEACHING
1. A technique used in therapy where both verbal and written information is given to clients.2. Part of a graduate…
DIFFERENTIAL CONDITIONING
Pavlovian experiment where 2 or more stimuli are used where only 1 will produce an outcome.
DIFFERENTIATION THEORY
Theory where perceptionis understood as a filtering process that allows noise to be filtered out while learning to distinguish features…
DIGITAL COMPUTER
An electronic device for processing information. Compare analogue computer.
DIRECTED FACIAL ACTION STUDIES
Studies where people are asked to move facial muscles to make an emotional expresion without a verbal reference to the…