OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
a dimension of the big five personality model and the five-factor personality model which references single variants in the propensity…
OUTCOME MEASURES
evaluations of the efficacy of an intervention on the premise of gauges taken prior to, during, and following the intervention.
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a…
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY
postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension…
PHARMACOTHERAPY
noun. the remediation of a disorder by the delivery of drugs, in contrast to such methods as psychotherapy, surgery, or…
DEFECTOLOGY
Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.
DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
The interview with the mental health professional looking at a person's problems and situations.
DISCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
Theory where a cause is given less weight if ther are other causes possible. Compare augmentation principle.
DOPAMINE HYPOTHESIS
The theory that schizophrenia is caused by an excess of dopamine in the brain. See glutamate hypothesis.
ECONOMY OF EFFORT
The tendency to act efficiently and to m inimise energy expenditure. See elegant solution- Occam's razor.
EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY 1
1. Expressing emotions without restraint. 2. Lay term for maladjustment.
LEISURE LIFESTYLE
A lifestyle (way of living) in which free time, otherwise referred to as leisure time forms a large part of…
LUCID INTERVAL
is a term used to describe a period of normality or clear thought after a period of disorganization and delirium.
MARITAL SCHISM
a percent split of opinion between the two parties in a marriage without any seemingly route of solving it.
MEDICAL MODEL
is a term in psychology which is the view that abnormal behaviour is the result of physical problems and should…
METACOMMUNICATION
describes the communication entailing the dynamics of the process of communication itself. Talking, about talking.
MODERATE DEPRESSION
a depressive episode where the number of symptoms exceed that of mild depression but less than the number required to…