PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
POSITIVE SELF-TALK
the covert expression of concepts which encourage the development of an ideal performance state and are driving or self-enhancing.
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY
an index of how well a test corresponds to a variant which is gauged in the future, at a time…
POSITIVE TRANSFERENCE
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, displacement onto the therapy professional of emotions of idealization, love, attachment, or other good feelings…
POSITIVIST CRIMINOLOGY
an approach which attempts to explain criminal actions not as an exercise of free will or of one's choosing, but…
PREDICTOR VARIABLE
with regard to regression analysis, a variant which might be utilized to foretell the value of another variant- that being,…
POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME
continual, pervasive modifications in mental skills and emotional operating which take place as an outcome of diffuse trauma to the…
PREDISPOSITION
noun. 1. a vulnerability to forming a disorder or illness, the actual growth of which is started by the interaction…
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
a major depressive event or, less typically, minor depressive disorder which impacts women within four weeks following the birth of…
PREFERENCE
noun. 1. with regard to conditioning, the likelihood of occurrence of one of at least two consecutively accessible reactions, generally…
POSTPARTUM PERIOD
the time of around six weeks after the birth of a child wherein the mother's reproductive system slowly returns to…
DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF LOW RATE (DRI)
Reinforcement when response to stimuli is low. Also called differential reinforcement of long response times.
DISPOSITION
A behavioural trait that distinguishes from person from others. Compare situational attribution.
DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. Any system of psychology that looks at drive and motivation. 2. Theory of psychology emphasising causation and motivation relating…
EPILEPTOID PERSONALITY
Personality pattern including irritability, selfishness, aggressiveness and being uncooperative.