LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
FAMILY THERAPY
involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,…
FOOD FADDISM
the dietary practice based on exaggerated and often incorrect beliefs about the effects of food or nutrition on health, particularly…
GAME THEORY
model or paradigm used to understand the dynamics associated with personal conflict. Often used in theoretical modelling and empirical studies.
INTERRUPTED-TIME-SERIES DESIGN
Experimental de-sign with an intervention and the effects of it are compared and evaluated with an outcome that is measured…
IRRITABILITY
1. Abnormal sensitivity or excessive responsiveness, as of an organ or body part, to a stimulus. 2. It is a…
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
This involves the application of psychological principles and techniques to situations involving the law or legal systems that are criminal…
FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON
a person with a healthy personality, who experiences freedom of choice and action, is creative, exhibits the qualities of existential…
GROUP CLIMATE
the relative degree of acceptance, tolerance and freedom of expression that is a feature of the relationships within a counselling…
INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL (1S1)
Stimulus and the time between presentations, and are timed usually from one end of the presentation stimulus and to the…
FECHNER'S LAW
a law that relates subjective experience to changes in stimulus intensity. This psychophysical formula proposes that the sensation experienced is…
FORMATIVE EVALUATION
the name of the process that is concerned with helping to improve or guide the development of a program through…
GROUP HARMONY
This describes the extent to which group interactions among members are friendly, congruous and free from any conflicts.