PERCENTILE
noun. the position of a score in a distribution coded to show the percentage of instances within the batch which…
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
sensitivity to light, particularly sunlight, as takes place in photogenic epilepsy and albinism. Conditions characterized by escalated sensitivity to the…
DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING
The failure to see a problem because the symptoms are attrinuted to another disability. See dual dignosis.
DISCRIMINATED OPERANT
An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when…
DOPAMINE (DA)
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter with a vital role in several functions of the brain: sleep, mood, motivation, behavior, reward, cognition,…
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Community psychology. Where a social entity is viewed in terms of the relationship between people, roles, orgaisations, events, resources and…
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.
EMPOWERMENT
1. Promoting skills, knowledge and the confidence needed to take control of your life. 2. Delegation of increased power making…
EXPERIMENT
The series of observations under controlled conditions used to study relationships to draw a causal inference.
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
A feeling of permanent helplessness which typically arises after exposure to an unpleasant event or stimuli which the person observing…
MALADAPTATION
A condition where- biological, psychological, behavioural and/or defence mechanisms are detrimental to the survival and reproduction of a species.
MEDIATED GENERALIZATION
is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the…
METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM
is the acceptance of a value once multiple methodologies have been used.
MORAL CODE
is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community…
MUTTERING DELIRIUM
is characterized by- low utterances, slurring, dysarthria, iteration, perseveration or a combination. These are typically accompanied with the motor features…
NEUROTIC CONFLICT
in the context of psychoanalytic theory, neurotic conflict is intraphychic conflict which leads to persistent maladjustment and emotional disturbance. Neurotic…
OBJECTIVE SCORING
scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same…
PARTICIPANT
noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter…