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DEDUCTIVE REASONING

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

DISABILITY

A lasting impairment that interfers with daily life functioning. See handicap.

DSM-IV-TR

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

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

The reassurance, encouragement and understanding we give or receive to a person.

EVALUATION RESEARCH

Applying scientific principles, methods and theories to identify, describe, measure and predict importnat factors to develop human service delivery systems.

EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)

Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.

MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (MBHO)

a body of professionals which specialize in the organisation, management, administration and provision of health care benefits of health organizations.

MEDICAL MODEL

is a term in psychology which is the view that abnormal behaviour is the result of physical problems and should

MODALITY

is one experimental process or therapeutic technique.

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.

OBSERVER DRIFT

gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.

PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PERCENTILE

noun. the position of a score in a distribution coded to show the percentage of instances within the batch which

DELAYED EFFECT

An effect that is not seen until some time after the event. See causal latency- remote cause.

DISCONTINUITY THEORY

Compare to continuity hypothesis. See all-or-none learning hypothesis- eureka task.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Identifying 2 distict disoreders present at the same time. See comorbidity.

EMPIRICAL GROUNDING

Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.

EXACT REPLICATION

Repeating an experiment where the goal is to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.

EXTERNAL VALIDITY

The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.

MANIFEST GOAL

is the openly stated goal or aim of a specific piece of research. This goal will be evaluated at the