LEARNED OPTIMISM
A psychotherapy mechanism where patients systematically remove depressive thoughts concentrating on the positive.
MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MATCHING LAW
states that proportion of responses to an allocated to an alternative will match the proportion of reinforcement obtains from that…
MENTAL HYGIENE
is an approach to mental health which states that mental health issues can be avoided given the appropriate level of…
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
is a group of professionals who work together to complement each others skills to complete a common goal.
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
opposed to a positive feedback is a system which detects a change from a constant, and then stimulates various effectors…
NORMATIVE-REEDUCATIVE STRATEGY
with regard to cultural psychology, the concept ascertaining that societal alterations ought to be based upon active re-education of persons…
OPERANT CONDITIONING
initially explained by B.F. Skinner, the procedure wherein behavioral alterations take place as an act of the consequences of behavior.…
PASTORAL COUNSELING
a type of counseling or psychotherapy wherein knowledge and standards stemming from the disciplines of theology and the behavioral sciences…
PERSEVERATION
1. overall, perseverance in doing something to an awesome level or past an adequate point. 2. with regard to neuropsychology,…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
assessment of the functioning state of the body, an organ, or a tissue, inclusive of chemical and physical aspects and…
DETACHMENT
1. Feeling of emotional freedom coming from a lack of involvement. 2. Objectivity to consider a problem on its merits.…
DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR (DRO)
Used to decrease the rate of a targeted response. Also called ommission training.
DISORIENTATION
The impaired ability to identify yourself in relation to time, place and other aspects of your surroundings.
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP
The relationship between the drug and its efficacy to target the organ or symptom.
ECOBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
Assessment used in applied behaviour analysis to measure moment-to-moment effects on specific behaviours.
EMPIRICAL GROUNDING
Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.