DEUTAN COLOR BLINDNESS
Colour blindness where green is not seen properly or is confused with red.
DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL
Theory stating that mental and physical disorders develop from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress.
DIFFUSE-STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
Qualitites a person sees in others when estimating their value socially, ability and relative competency. See expectation states theory- status…
DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY
Form of construct validity shown by measuring the constructs conceptually unrelated and o not correlate with data.
DOCTRINE OF FORMAL DISCIPLINE
An idea that the mind can be trained to learn by studying some fields first that will make is easier…
DUSTBOWL EMPIRICISM
The approach to science and social science consisting of making empirical observations and collecting data rather than establishing a theoretical…
EASTERBROOK HYPOTHESIS
Where the range of cues attended to is inversely related to the degree of arousal.
EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)
The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.
EGO-BOUNDARY LOSS
The condition where a person lacks a clear sense of where his own mind and body end where these features…
EMOTIONAL DIVORCE
The marital relationship where both partners live separate lives with no interactions.
EMPTY-CHAIR TECHNIQUE
Gestalt therapy. Where the client conducts an emotional dialogue with an aspect of himself or a significant person in their…
ENDORPHINS
A class of neuropeptides found in the pituitary gland that function as endogenous opoids.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
The study of the distribution and incidence of diseases and disorders. See incidence- relative risk.
EROTIC PLASTICITY
The degree that sexual desire is shaped by social , cultural ans situational factors. See behavioural plasticity.
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
High level cognitive processes that organise and order behaviour. Also called central processes- executive functioning- high order processes.