MANIPULATION
The conscious and deliberate misleading of an individual by another individual either directly or indirectly in order to achieve a…
MEDICAL AUDIT
is the systematic and usually thorough evaluation of the entire diagnostic, treatment processes and the caring general process of an…
METHODOLOGICAL BEHAVIORISM
is a strand of behaviourism which acknowledges the reality of conscious events but suggests the only way of studying them…
MOLAR ANALYSIS
considers overall relationships between the measurements themselves, such as the average response rates to rates of reinforcement extended overa a…
NAIVE PARTICIPANT
is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in…
NEGATIVISM
is a characteristic associated with a variety disorders. Negativism otherwise is the persistent resistant to suggestions of others, even when…
ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH
with regard to the study of feelings, a conceptual construct, based upon the general systems theory, stressing the part of…
PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE
an instruction by a therapy professional toward the client to do exactly the opposite of what common sense would guide…
PEER GROUP
a set of people who share at least one trait, like age, profession, education, cultural status, or economic status.
PERSONAL ORIENTATION INVENTORY (POI)
an inventory aimed to measure self-actualization. It contains 150 objects which each consist of two statements depicting values or actions.…
DEFECTOLOGY
Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.
DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
The interview with the mental health professional looking at a person's problems and situations.
DISCONTINUITY THEORY
Compare to continuity hypothesis. See all-or-none learning hypothesis- eureka task.
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER
A psychiatric disorder showing disruptive behaviour sever enough that is creates an impairment in social or occupational functioning.
DYADIC EFFECT
The behaviour shown by 2 interacting people that is different to interactions to other people.
EGO INVOLVEMENT
The extent to whcich we see an attitude object as being important or significant. Also called attitudinal involvement- personal involvement-…
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.
EMPTY ORGANISM PSYCHOLOGY
Behavioural psychology. Attempts to predict and control behaviour based on external observable stimulus and reinforcement conditions.
ETHNOPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Where issues related to ethnic and cultural variations in using and response to psychoative agents is considered.