PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
founded by Ivan Pavlov, a form of acquisition wherein an initially neutral stimulant, the conditioned stimulus, whenever coupled with a…
PERSONALITY DISINTEGRATION
a swift breakdown in character, cohesion, and operating, generally due to specifically distressing life scenarios.
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
The socially determined standards or morms describing how people react , feel and think in any given situation. Compare injunctive…
DIRECT AGGRESSION
Aggressive behaviour towards a source of anger or frustration. Compare displaced aggression.
DYNAMIC FORMULATION
The attempt to organise a clients information so the therapist can better treat and understand the client.
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.
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,…
OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING
the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.