FALSE-ALARM RATE
is the number or proportion of incorrect answers such as "Yes" or "No" given as final responses to tasks within…
FLOOR EFFECT
the inability of a test to measure or discriminate below a certain point, usually because its items are too difficult.…
FREQUENCY PRINCIPLE
the principle that states that the greater the stimulation intensity, the greater the frequency of nerve impulses elicited. An organisms…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS)
assessment designed to use with people over 65 years of age and is a self-administered test of 30 questions. Devised…
INTERPRETATION
Psychotherapy. Explanation by therapist ion terms meaningful to the person and their issues, behaviours or feelings. Made along the lines…
INTROVERSION-EXTRAVERSION
Self orientation from introversion the range or continuum characterised by inward and concerns self directed and behaviours to extraversion, characterised…
KETOCONAZOLE
It is an antifungal agent that has been suggested as a treatment for depression resistant to conventional drugs, due to…
FAMILY COUNSELING
is one of the various types of counselling whereby parents, or even other family members, work with trained individual's such…
FOCUS GROUP
group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the…
FREUD, SIGMUND
He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
GROUP SOLIDARITY
The sense of fellowship and community displayed by members of a collective who are united by shared purposes, responsibilities and…
INTERRUPTED-TIME-SERIES DESIGN
Experimental de-sign with an intervention and the effects of it are compared and evaluated with an outcome that is measured…
INTRUJECTIVE DEPRESSION
Individuals who are depressed and have angry and punitive feelings toward themselves. Compare anaclitic depression
KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)
It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range…
FAMILY THERAPY
involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,…
FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING
1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…