DISCRIMINATION
1. Ability to distinguish between stimuli or objects that are different from one another. 2. Ability to respond in different…
DISENGAGED FAMILY
A family with memberswithdrawn from each other both emotionally and psychologically.
DISJUNCTIVE TASK
A task or project of a group that is completed when a single solution is adopted by the group. Compare…
DISSOCIATED STATE
A reaction to a traumatic event where the person splits up elements of the event so as to deal with…
DISTAL STIMULUS
The object that acts or stimulates a sense organ. Also called distal variable. Compare proximal stimulus.
DISUSE THEORY OF AGING
Theory that a decline in psychological abilities from aging is due to not using the abilities.
DOMINANCE STATISTIC
The index that measures the number of cases in one group that is greater than cases in another group.
DORSAL ROOT
A spinal root conveying sensory nerve fibres and entering the spinal cord dorsally. Also called posterior root. Compare ventral root.
DOUBLE DISSOCIATION
Research process used to demonstrate the action of 2 separable psychological or biological systems such as the types of memory…
DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION
The transmission of information from higher levels of management to lower levels and subordinates. See channels of communication- communication network.
DREAM CENSORSHIP
Psychoanalytic theory.Dusguising unconscious wishes in dreams that would disturb the ego if made while awake. See censor.
DRUG CULTURE
The lifestyle of people who take and abuse drugs that create an altered form of consciousness.