Depression

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VALUE-EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

the role one's outlook can play in the demonstration of core values. An individual may take on a positive outlook

WELL-BEING

noun. a state of happiness, being pleased and content, low degrees of anguish, generally positive physical and cognitive health and

THANATOS

the personification of death and the brother of Hypnos with regard to Greek mythology, whose terminology was selected by Sigmund

TOLERANCE OF AMBIGUITY

the level to which one is capable of accepting, and to act without weariness or disorientation in scenarios having conflicting

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (TCAS)

a set of drugs, cultivated within the 1950's, which were the initial first-line medicines for remediation of depression. They are

VALUES CLARIFICATION

1. any procedure aimed to advocate for a person's awareness and comprehension of their moral standards and ethical priorities and

WILL TO SURVIVE

the determination to live regardless of an adverse scenario or extreme situations. Commonly referred to as will to live.

THEORY

a managerial philosophy which tries to integrate facets of Japanese management practices into American corporate society. It stresses participative decision-making

TRAINING

noun. with regard to Gestalt psychology, the utilization of the solution to one problem in solving another problem which shares

TRIPARTITE THEORY OF ATTITUDES

a theory of attitude structure postulating which an outlook is based upon or contains affective, mental, and behavioral elements.

VARIABLE STIMULUS

any one of a group of experimental stimulants which are to be compared to a constant stimulant, step-by-step.

WINDIGO

noun. an intense culturally-tied syndrome taking place in northern Algonquin Indians residing in Canada and the northeastern U.S. The syndrome

THEORY OF MIND

the capacity to imagine or form opinions about the cognitive states of other people: What does the other person know?

TRAIT THEORY

approaches which explain character traits with regard to individual facets of one's personality, that being, interior traits which are thought

TRUE EXPERIMENT

an analysis wherein involved parties are designated at random to at least two experimentally manipulated remediation conditions.

VARIANCE

noun. a gauging of the spread, or dispersion, of scores within a sample, whereby a small variance implies very similar

WITHDRAWAL REACTION

an extreme type of social withdrawal which , at times, takes place in serious cases of major depressive episode. 2.

THEORY X AND Y

two different forms of managerial philosophy: Theory X employers presume that employees are passive, lazy, and driven only by financial

TRANSACTION

noun. 1. any interaction between the person and the social or physical surroundings, particularly during involvement between at least two

TRUE SCORE

with regard to classical test theory, the portion of a gauge or score which depicts the actual quantity of the