NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…
NEUROTIC CONFLICT
in the context of psychoanalytic theory, neurotic conflict is intraphychic conflict which leads to persistent maladjustment and emotional disturbance. Neurotic…
OBJECTIVE SCORING
scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same…
ORGANIZATIONAL HUMANISM
an approach to bettering organizational efficacy based upon the presumption that efficacy is improved if organizational partakers can reach a…
PARADOXICAL REACTION
with regard to pharmacology, a drug response which contradicts the predicted effect, for instance, worsening of anxiety following the deliverance…
PEER REVIEW
the assessment of scientific or academic piece, like research or written pieces turned into journals for publishing, by other skilled…
PERSONALITY DISINTEGRATION
a swift breakdown in character, cohesion, and operating, generally due to specifically distressing life scenarios.
DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING
The failure to see a problem because the symptoms are attrinuted to another disability. See dual dignosis.
DISCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
Theory where a cause is given less weight if ther are other causes possible. Compare augmentation principle.
DISSOCIATED STATE
A reaction to a traumatic event where the person splits up elements of the event so as to deal with…
DYADIC RELATIONSHIP
1. A committed 2 person relationship. 2. Relationship between therapist and client.
EGO RESILIENCY
A personality with the ability to vary and adapt and express emotional impulses depending on social demands.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.
EXPERT POWER
The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.
MANUAL ARTS THERAPY
is the use of manual arts such as woodworking and metalworking as rehabilitative activities.
MEDITATION
is considered an exercise during which the individual enters an extended state of contemplation and reflection over a specific subject…