FUNCTIONAL STATUS
the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…
GENERALIZABILITY
the term that applies to the accuracy with which results or findings can be transferred to situations or people other…
INTERPERSONAL PROCESS RECALL (IPR)
Method used to understand the process of psychotherapy and to train therapists and counsellors. Uses taping counselling and psychotherapy sessions…
INTROCEPTION
A person that is attentive and understanding to the motives, needs and experiences of herself or himself and others. It…
JOHN HENRY EFFECT
an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.
FALSE NEGATIVE
has a range of applications to a range of real life situations, for example, a false negative in diagnostics may…
FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY MODEL (FFM)
a personality model where 5 dimensions of difference are used, extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experiences are the…
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
the plot of the frequency of occurrence of scores of various sizes that have been arranged from lowest to highest…
FUNCTIONALISM
a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to environmental challenges and opportunities.…
GENERALIZATION
1. Deriving a concept or theory from a number of specific cases, applying it widely. 2. Judgement derived and applied…
GROUP CLIMATE
the relative degree of acceptance, tolerance and freedom of expression that is a feature of the relationships within a counselling…
INTERPERSONAL SKILL
The aptitude enabling a person to be able to carry on effective relationships with others such as an ability to…
INTROPUNITIVE
Hostility internally, blame and truning anger against the self. Se self accusation. Compare ex I rapuni itvf. Intropunitiveness n
FALSE POSITIVE
is considered the binary opposite to a false negative where in diagnostics for example, an individual may not actually have…
FLAT AFFECT
a term used for the absence or apparent absence of emotional response to any situation or event. Also called emotional…
FREQUENCY JUDGMENT
the term used for the person's judgement of how many times a stimulus is presented during a test. See word…
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
a tendency to overestimate the degree that behaviour is determined by personal characteristics, beliefs and attitudes that minimises the effects…