DISCRIMINATED OPERANT
An operant under stimulus control where response is more likely to occur with a discriminative stimulus is present tahn when…
DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA
A dissociative disorder. Where a person can't recall important information about experiences because they were traumatic and stressful.
DREAM-WORK
Psychoanalytic theory. Transforming the latent content of a dream into a manifest content.
DYADIC RELATIONSHIP
1. A committed 2 person relationship. 2. Relationship between therapist and client.
EFFECT SIZE
The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.
EGOCENTRIC PREDICAMENT
The problem arising from that each person's experience is essentially private. See solipsism.
EMOTIONAL HANDICAP
Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.
EPIGENESIS
1. 1. Theory that the features of an organism arise from interaction between genetic and environmental influences. See nature-nurture controversy.…
ERROR OF COMMISSION
A type of human error where the person say presses a buton twice instead of once and an error occurs.
EXECUTIVE STRESS
Stress experienced by management personnel. See burnout- occupational stress- stress.
EXPERIENCE
1. The conscious event. 2. Present content of consciousness. 3. An event resulting in earning.
EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS
A set of data analytical techniques alledgely revealing the structure underlying the coefficients. There is no unique solution.