Epilepsy

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EFFICACY

1.The competence of behavioural performance with reference to a person's perception of performance capabilities. 2. Pharmacology. Dealing with dose relationship.

EMOTIONAL REGULATION

The ability we have to modulate emotions.

ENTORHINAL-CORTEX LESION

Lesions in the entorhinal cortex seen in temporal lobe epilepsy.

ETHICS

1. Branch of philosophy investigating the nature and content of moral judgements. Also called moral philosophy. 2. Principles of mporaaly

EXPERIMENTER BIAS

An error occuring from the expectations of the experimenter.

LIFE SATISFACTION

the degree which adults (typically) find the lives they lead rich, meaningful, full or of a generally high quality. Improving

MANUAL ARTS THERAPY

is the use of manual arts such as woodworking and metalworking as rehabilitative activities.

MEDITATION

is considered an exercise during which the individual enters an extended state of contemplation and reflection over a specific subject

MINIMIZATION

is the process of cognitive distortion which usually manifests itself as underestimating the importance and relevance of events to oneself

MOTOR OVERFLOW

otherwise known as synkinesia is a condition whereby a stimulus is correctly interpreted and the appropriate response is made however

NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES

are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of

NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE (NES)

an event which is alike to an epileptic seizure but isn't generated by an abnormal electrical discharge in the brain.

OCCASION SETTER

with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a stimulant which is differentially coupled with a stimulant-stimulant contingency.

OVERGENERALIZATION

noun. 1. a mental skewing wherein a person sees a sole occurrence as an invariable rule, so that, for instance,

PASTORAL COUNSELING

a type of counseling or psychotherapy wherein knowledge and standards stemming from the disciplines of theology and the behavioral sciences

PERSONAL DATA SHEET

a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.

DEDUCTIVE REASONING

Logical reasoning where the conclusion follows a set of premises. See logic- top-down analysis.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions

DISHABITUATION

The reapperarance or enhancement of a habitual response due to new stimulus. Compare habituation.

DSM-IV-TR

The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.