Depression

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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…

EMOTION

The complex reaction pattern that involves experiential, behavioural and physiological elements.

EMOTIONAL STRESS

The feeling of psychological strain.

EPISTEMOLOGICAL LONELINESS

A sense of separation and alienation from others.

EXPECTANCY

1. Behavioural psychology. The state where an organism anticipates an event based on previous experience. 2. Cognitive psychology. Mental set…

EXTERNALIZATION

1. defense mechanism where our thoughts and feelings are attributed to the external world. 2. Process of learning to distinguish…

LINEAR CAUSATION

a simple explanation of the cause and effect hypothesis in that a simple event will have been caused by a…

MANNERISM

a habitual facial expression or movement classed as characteristic of an individual.

MEASUREMENT ERROR

is any difference between the observed value and the real or true value which leads to the skewing of results…

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR

a qualified professional who is licensed to provide counselling either independently or as part of a treatment team.

MINDFULNESS

is the awareness and ability to comprehend ones own self of existence in society and their surroundings - the binary…

MORBID DEPENDENCY

is the persistent reliance on another to provide to which degree, if removed the individual would struggle to cope independently.

NEGATIVE ACCELERATION

is the binary opposite to positive acceleration where a situation which should change the rate of development of a variable…

NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT

the procedure or scenarios wherein a stimulant recognized to be effective as a supporter existed independently of any specific behaviors.…

OBSERVER DRIFT

gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.

ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS

with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay…

PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PEER GROUP

a set of people who share at least one trait, like age, profession, education, cultural status, or economic status.