DECATHEXIS
Psychoanalytic theory. The withdrawal of libido from objects in the external world. Compare caihexis.
DALLENBACH STIMULATOR
introduced by American psychologist Karl M. Dellenbach, a tool used to supply regulated thermal stimulants to the skin.
DARWINIAN ALGORITHM
proposed by Charles Darwin, with regard to evolutionary developmental psychology, an inborn setting-specific mental program that grew to attain certain…
DEATH TRANCE
a condition of obvious paused motion in a person, marked by little physical movement
DECAY THEORY
The theory that states unless we keep using something we have remembered it will eventually go away. Also called trace-decay…
DARWINIAN FITNESS
proposed by Charles Darwin, the general achievement of a certain living being or genotype in generating viable offspring, which is…
DAUBERT HEARING
an official demonstration and evaluation of facts which is engaged in by American federal courts to establish whether or not…
DE LANGE'S SYNDROME
a hereditary disorder that presents in two ways, both being inclusive of average to serious cognitive retardation and corresponding to…
DEATH WISH
1. with regard to psychoanalytic theory, an aware or unaware desire that someone else, especially an authority figure, will meet…
DAMAGE-RISK CRITERIA (DRC)
the degrees and durations of subjections to noise which are likely to inflict lasting auditory loss.
DARWINIAN REFLEX
a grasping reflex displayed by and observed in infants, specifically those just recently born.
DAUBERT TEST
an analysis employed in American federal courts, in supplement of the formative Frye test, to establish whether or not an…
DEATH-ANXIETY SCALES
Death-Anxiety is an overwhelming, pervasive fear of death that interferes with a person's daily functioning. This is from answers to…
DECENTERING
1. Techniques used to move from ventured thinking to open-minded thinking. 2. Dissolving the unity between self and identity. See…