Dissociative Disorders

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.

EMPTY SPEECH

A speech with little meaning and content.

ETIOLOGY

1. Cause and progression of a disease. 2. Science dealing with the causes of physical and mental disorders.

EXPERT POWER

The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.

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

METHODOLOGY

is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which

MORAL CODE

is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community

NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION

usually employs an observational method where a research study is conducted primarily in the field without the control of the

NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established

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

DELAYED EFFECT

An effect that is not seen until some time after the event. See causal latency- remote cause.

DIAGNOSTICITY

The value of information gained from an interaction, feedback or event by a person seeking self-knowledge.

DISCRIMINATED OPERANT

An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when

DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA

A dissociative disorder. Where a person can't recall important information about experiences because they were traumatic and stressful.