OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…
OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES
mental, emotional, and behavioral results which people consider to be correlated with future, or intended, actions and which are considered…
PARANOID IDEATION
cognitive processes consisting of continual suspicion and non-delusional beliefs of being persecuted, tormented, or treated in an unfair manner by…
PERCEIVED SELF
the subjective appraisal of private factors which one renders to their self.
PERSONALITY TRAIT
a fairly steady, reliable, and enduring interior characteristic which is inferred from a trend of actions, outlooks, feelings, and habits…
DELINQUENCY
Any behaviour that violates social rules and conventions. See juvenile delinquency.
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
Flexible therapy combining principles of behaviour therapy, cognitive and mindfulness behaviours.
DISCRIMINATION
1. Ability to distinguish between stimuli or objects that are different from one another. 2. Ability to respond in different…
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
A group of disorders showing a sudde, gradual or chronic disruption in normal integrative functions of consciousness, ememory etc.
DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. Any system of psychology that looks at drive and motivation. 2. Theory of psychology emphasising causation and motivation relating…
EGO WEAKNESS
Psychoanalytical theory. The ability of the ego to control impulses and to tolerate frustration, disappointment and stress. Compare ego strength.
EMOTIONAL MATURITY
Using the appropriate level of emotional expession and control. See emotional immaturity.
LINEAR CAUSATION
a simple explanation of the cause and effect hypothesis in that a simple event will have been caused by a…
MARGINALIZATION
the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.
MICROPSYCHOSIS
is a psychotic episode which unusually lasts an incredibly short duration, from a few minutes to a hours which typically…
MORAL THERAPY
was a type of therapy seen in the 19th century which believed that a person considered insane could be helped…