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DIVERGENT PRODUCTION

Capacity to produce novel solutions to problems. Compare convergent production.

DOCTRINE

A teaching or system of belief.

DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP

Two people who live together in a stable and intimate relationship and share responsibilities of a household as a married

DOMINATRIX

A woman who is dominat in sexual activity.

DOPAMINERGIC NEURON

The neuron that has dopamine as the principal neurotransmitter.

DOT FIGURE

The arrangement od dots that can be seen as a structure that can change depending on which dots we see

DOUBLE-SIMULTANEOUS STIMULATION

Test used in parietal lobe lesions where 2 stimulations are presented at the same time.

DRAMA THERAPY

Group psychotherapy. Theatrical techniques are used to gain better self awareness and to increase our self expression. See psychodrama.

DREAM STIMULUS

Any stimuli that can initiate a dream. Compare accidental stimulus.

DRIVER TRAINING

Training a person with a disability undergoes to drive a car.

DRUG-INDUCED PSYCHOSIS

The psychotic state that results from abusing drugs.

DUAL-ASPECT PHYSICALISM

The solution theoretically about the mind and body problem claiming ther are 2 aspects of reality.

DURAGESIC

Trade name for fentanyl.

DYNAMIC

1. pertaining to force. 2. Continuously changing. 3. Desxcribes systems of psychology emphasising motivation, mental processes and compexities of force

DYNAMIC TOUCH

Being able to perceive an object by wielding and manipulating it.

DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME (DES)

A collection of symptoms that involve impaired executive control over actions. Caused by frontal lobe brain damage.

DYSMNESIA

Memory impairment that be a discrete episode or part of a chronic condition. Also called dysmnesic syndrome.

DYSPHORIA

Mood characterised by sadness.

DYSTHYMIC DISORDER

A depressive disorder featuring a depressed mood more often than not that keeps up for at least 2 years.

DECISION RULE

Hypothesis testing. The formal statement of a set of values of a test statistic that leads to a rejection of