GOAL DIFFICULTY
the term that is used to describe the degree of ability, effort and time commitment needed to achieve a certain…
INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
Used in operant or instrumental conditioning. The name given to any pattern of reinforcement where only some responses are reinforced.…
JOHN HENRY EFFECT
an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.
FALSE-UNIQUENESS EFFECT
is the tendency to underestimate the extent others actually possess the same attributes or talents and positive traits as yourself.…
FOCUS GROUP
group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the…
FRIENDSHIP NETWORK
the term that is applied to the interconnected relationships among a group of friends who provide social and emotional support…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
GOAL ORIENTATION
1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending…
INTERNAL BOUNDARY
Psychoanalytic theory. The name of the boundary between ego and id. Also called inner boundary. Compare external boundary.
INTRAGROUP CONFLICT
Confrontation or disagreement between two or more members of a single group. Compare intfrgroup conflict
FAMILY COUNSELING
is one of the various types of counselling whereby parents, or even other family members, work with trained individual's such…
FOLIE A TROIS
Another shared psychotic disorder where 3 people in the same family share the same or similar delusions. French for triple…
FRUSTRATION
1. thwarting of impulses and actions. 2. Emotional state when thwarting happens. 3. Psychoanalytic theory. Damming up of psychic energy…
FUTURE-MINDEDNESS
the term used for the ability to engage in means to end future about the future. Being able to think…
GOAL SPECIFICITY
a term used to describe the degree that the target behavior of a goal is defined.
INTERNAL FRUSTRATION
Psychoanalytic theory. the term applied to the denial of gratification of instinctual impulses due to internal factors such as the…
INTRAPSYCHIC CONFLICT
Opposing forces and the clash of them within the psyche, it is a psychoanalytic theory such as wishes, agencies or…