TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
A form of group psychotherapy originated by Eric Berne, which focuses attention on characteristic interactions between individuals and the “games”…
TRANSVESTISM (or) TRANSVESTI- TISM
A sexual deviation in which the individual dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex, usually for the purpose of…
TALION LAW
These terms refer to the idea of punishment or retaliation in kind: the “lex talionis.” This is the primitive and…
TALKING IT OUT
The free verbal expression of feelings and emotions“Talking it out,” in the usual sense of giving vent to what is…
TAY-SACHS DISEASE
A rare metabolic disorder characterized by an accumulation of lipid (fat) in the nerve cells of the brain, resulting in…
THORNDIKE, EDWARD LEE (1874- 1949)
Thorndike, a pioneer in educational psychology, was bom in Massachusetts, and received his B.A. degree at Wesleyan, his M.A. at…
TOTAL PUSH THERAPY
A supportive approach originated by Abraham Myerson for the treatment of chronic schizophrenics and other patients confined to mental institutions.To…
TECTOSPINAL TRACT
a tract of nerve fibers which starts at the superior colliculus, crosses the midline at the midbrain, and descends through…
TELLEGEN ABSORPTION SCALE (TAS)
a gauge of a someone's capacity to come to be heavily engaged in a job or other factor of the…
TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION
with regard to conditioning, a discrimination wherein the length of a stimulant or scenario is the controlling variable.
TEMPORARY THRESHOLD SHIFT (TTS)
a transient condition wherein the typical degree of hearing is modified or interrupted.
TENSOR TYMPANI
a middle ear muscle which manages the motion of the tympanic membrane. Its activation is part of the acoustic reflex.
TERMINAL INSOMNIA
a type of insomnia wherein the person continually wakes up extremely early, feeling unrefreshed, and cannot fall back asleep. It…
TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY
the legal capacity or cognitive competence to make a will. It consists of being able to comprehend and recall the…
TETRACHORIC CORRELATION
the approximated correspondence between two ongoing variants, both of which have been dichotomized and for which just the dichotomized values…
THANATOLOGY
noun. the analysis of death-related actions, thoughts, emotions, and phenomena. Death was primarily the province of theology until the 1960's,…
THEORY X AND Y
two different forms of managerial philosophy: Theory X employers presume that employees are passive, lazy, and driven only by financial…