Dissociative Disorders

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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

The utilization of data from EEG, EKG, EMG and EOG measurements for the inference of psychological processes and emotions.

QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

An experiment in which participants are assigned to either control groups or experimental groups in a non-random manner.

REAL SELF

The individual's unique wishes and emotions and the potential on their part for future growth as a being.

REGRESSION EFFECT

Proclivity of a subject who scores either very high or very low on a test to perform more toward the

RESEARCH QUESTION

Methodological point of departure for scholarly research in either the natural sciences or the humanities.

REWARD

Layman terminology which is almost synonymous with the psychology term reinforcement.

SAMPLING VARIABILITY

Degree to which the importance of a statistic varies across a variety of samples from the median importance for any

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS

Statistically, a technique that completely reproduces an interrelationship amongst many correlated variables with a smaller number of "principle components" that

PROPOSITION

In the field of philosophy, a proposition is anything that is either asserted or denied and is capable of being

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Interpretation and integration of gathered data to come to a conclusion regarding the psychological and physiological state of a particular

PSYCHOSCIENCE

A science dealing with mind, function and behavior. Also a science dealing with mental diseases and disorders and their treatment.

QUESTIONNAIRE

A list of questions soliciting information on a topic.

REALITY

Philosophically, reality is that whice genuinely exists as opposed to those things that only appear or seem to exist.

REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY

Branch of psychology specializing in applying psychological understanding to chronic or disabling heath issues. Promotes prevention and treatment of such

RESERVE CAPACITY

Discrepancy between a subject's maximal ability to perform a given psychological exercise and the actual performance of that exercise.

RISK ASSESSMENT

Determination of potential threat which could be posed by an individual upon their release from custody wherein the individual has

SCAPEGOATING

Practice wherein an undeserving party is singled out for unmerited negative treatment, generally by someone or something more powerful than

SELF-DIFFERENTIATION

a tendency to see recognition for your own [personality and uniqueness in a group. To find out how I am

SELF-REGULATION

how we control our behaviour by self-monitoring desires as well as the desirable behaviour. Read about the self-control; self-management. Self-

SHAPING

Producing new forms of behaviour by reinforcement and conditioning. also called approximation conditioning; behaviour shaping.