Epilepsy

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DIRECT AGGRESSION

Aggressive behaviour towards a source of anger or frustration. Compare displaced aggression.

DISPERSION

The degree that a group of scores deviate from the mean. Also called spread.

DYNAMIC FORMULATION

The attempt to organise a clients information so the therapist can better treat and understand the client.

EMOTIONAL BLOCKING

Inhibition of thought, speech due to extreme emotion. See blocking.

EMOTIONALITY

The degree we experience and express emotions.

EPILEPTIC CRY

A cry produced by contraction of the chest and larynx during the tonic phaes of a tonic-clonic seizure. Also called

EVALUATION APPREHENSION

The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.

EXPLANATORY STYLE

The way a person describe an event or their personal history.

LIKERT SCALE

a scale which measures a perceived opinion of an object by a participant by using statements which reflect either a

MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY (MBI)

a theoretical method for determining the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and the level of reduced personal accomplishment. There are 22 statements

MENTAL DISORDER

is an umbrella a term used to describe any psychological symptoms, abnormal behaviours, impaired functioning or any combination of the

MIXED-STANDARD SCALE

is a test of behaviour evaluation. Participants are presented with a selection of behaviours and asked to evaluate them based

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

is a group of professionals who work together to complement each others skills to complete a common goal.

NEGATIVE AFFECT

is an internal feeling or emotion which is typically experienced after one has failed to complete a task or goal,

NORMATIVE RESEARCH

research that is engaged in merely to determine norms.

OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING

the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.

OVERT BEHAVIOR

behavior which is graphic, that meaning, viewable sans tools or expertise.

PAYOFF MATRIX

a table or schedule which lists the advantages and costs stemming from each potential route of action which could be

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which

DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR

An expression of hostility, anger and aggression by destroying and damaging property or yourself.