OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
a study based upon direct viewing of partakers wherein the experimenter passively views the actions of the partakers without any…
OUTCOME MEASURES
evaluations of the efficacy of an intervention on the premise of gauges taken prior to, during, and following the intervention.
PARTICIPANT
noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter…
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY
postulated by Albert Bandura as a primary determinant of emotional and motivational conditions and behavioral change, a person's subjective comprehension…
PERSONAL-SPACE INVASION
the impeding by one individual into the personal space of another. The intruder improperly and uncomfortably crowds the other individual,…
DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
A pattern revealed by a population variable such as birth and death rates, income, medical health etc.
DISCRIMINATION TRAINING
1. process where an operant esponse is reinforced. 2. Sport. Training to be able toidentify task relevany cues.
DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Technique used in psychotherapy focusing on underlying motivational or defensive factors determining behaviour an dadjustment. See depth therapy.
EGOCENTRISM
The tendency to emphasise your own needs and focuses in a group situation you belong to.
EMOTIONAL SECURITY
Feelings of safety, confidence and freedom from apprehension. See security operations.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRIVATION
Lack of conditions to stimulate intellect and behavioural growth.
EVALUATION RESEARCH
Applying scientific principles, methods and theories to identify, describe, measure and predict importnat factors to develop human service delivery systems.…
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
LONG-TERM THERAPY
a therapy which lasts on a long period of time which typically consisting of multiple appointments over months instead of…
MENTAL ABILITIES
describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…
MIND-BODY PROBLEM
is the inability to accounting for a relationship between the mental and physical processes in the body. Solutions to the…
MORBID DEPENDENCY
is the persistent reliance on another to provide to which degree, if removed the individual would struggle to cope independently.