ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE (SDS)
a widely utilized adult self-report depression-screening tool modeled to gauge the severity of depressive or mood-associated indicators. It is additionally…
TEMPORAL CONDITIONING
a process in Pavlovian conditioning wherein the unconditioned stimulant is shown at regular intervals, but not being joined by any…
TERTIARY PREVENTION
intervention and remediation for people or groups with previously identified psychological or physical conditions, disorders, or sicknesses. Tertiary interventions are…
THEORY OF FORMS
Plato's principle postulating that all things have a real lasting presence as concepts or forms separate of one's senses and…
THOUGHT BROADCASTING
the delusion in which one's thoughts are being disseminated throughout the surroundings for all to be aware of.
TIME-SERIES DESIGN
an experimental model which consists of the viewing of units over a specified period of time.
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
1. a marriage in accordance with the classical norms of a given culture, generally for the main reason of establishing…
TRANSITIONAL OBJECT
1. a thing utilized by a kid to ease the anxiety of separating from their first external item, their mother,…
TRIAL-AND-ERROR LEARNING
a form of learning wherein the living being consecutively attempts many different reactions within a circumstance, seemingly at random, until…
ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION
a type of psychosurgery wherein noise waves of a frequency of 1000 kHz are exerted through trephine openings in the…
UNIPOLAR DEPRESSION
any depressive disorder, which is, any mood disorder marked by at least one major depressive episode or an extended time…
VALIDITY GENERALIZATION
a quantitative summation of all empirical research pertaining to the validity of a specific gauging tool.
VERBAL ABILITY (V)
exhibited skill to understand and correspond adequately with words. At times, a differention is made between receptive and productive skills.…
VESTIBULAR SYSTEM
a system inside the body which is accountable for preserving posture, equilibrium, and the body's position in space, and plays…
VISUAL ORGANIZATION
with regard to Gestalt standards of perception, a visual field which seems to be orderly and significant or connotative.
VOLATILE MARRIAGE
a long-lasting marriage characterized by both ardent arguments and displays of affection, but frequently having more positive than negative interactions.
WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)
a group of memory tests, initially printed in 1945, which evaluates verbal and non-verbal memory in elder adolescents and adults…
WORD-ASSOCIATION TEST
a projective examination wherein the involved party reacts to a stimulant term with the initial term which comes to mind.…
TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION
with regard to conditioning, a discrimination wherein the length of a stimulant or scenario is the controlling variable.
TEST BATTERY
a set or series of correlated presumptions delivered at one time, with scores documented separately or mixed to produce a…