Dissociative Disorders

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EMOTIONAL CONTROL

The influence we exert on our emotions, thoughts and behaviour.

EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING

Coping strategy focusing on regulating negative emotional reactions to a stressor. See secondary coping. Compare problem focused coping.

ERROR OF EXPECTATION

The error that arises from a preconceived idea.

EXPERIENCE

1. The conscious event. 2. Present content of consciousness. 3. An event resulting in earning.

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

MITWELT

was first proposed by Ludwig Binsvvanger (1881 - 1966), a Swiss existentialist psychologist who argued that the aspect of dasein

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.

OVERLOAD

noun. a psychological state wherein scenarios and encounters are so mentally, perceptually, and emotionally arousing that they drain or even

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

ABNORMALITY

1. in a position that is not normal. 2. disfigurement or imperfections in building or operations.

ACTIVATION THEORY OF EMOTION

the theory that feeling is measurable as a form of variation in a person's degree of fuel output (for example,

AFFECT

the act of feeling a sentiment spanning from distress to extreme joy, from the most minor to the very involved