GENERATIVITY VERSUS STAGNATION
Generativity is the goal of adulthood including procreation, creativity and fulfilling parental and social responsibility for the next generation. This…
GLUCURONIDATION
Name of the metabolic process where drugs and other substances are combined with glucuronic acid to form more water soluble…
INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE
the direct social pressure exerted on a person or group by another person or group in the form of demands…
INTROSPECTION
Attempting to access one's own internal psychological processes directly, perceptions, judgements or states. Introspective ailj
KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)
It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range…
LATENCY STAGE
A stage in the Psychosexual Development of a child starting around age 3 through puberty when sexual libido turns to…
FACTOR METHOD
is a basic and simple term which is used to describe the method during which factors which are extracted from…
FAMILY SCULPTING
is one of the many activities which are employed during family therapy sessions, where a member of the family will…
FIELD DEPENDENCE
cognitive style where the person relies on external cues rather than internal cues. These people are susceptible to deceptive cues…
FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING
1. The steps taken by a therapist to help a client with any ongoing problems or new symptoms that may…
FREUD, SIGMUND
He pioneered psychoanalysis after studying neurology and turning to mental disorders like hysteria. He developed a method of free association…
FUNDAMENTAL SKILL
1. The ability needed to perform a task or understand an idea. 2. The basic ability necessary to function competently…
GENDER NONCONFORMITY
the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural…
GENETIC ERROR
Error in a single gene due to mutation or an inability to give proper instructions to make cells. Hereditary but…
GOAL DIFFICULTY
the term that is used to describe the degree of ability, effort and time commitment needed to achieve a certain…
GROUP PROCESS
1. see group dynamics. 2. the interpersonal component of a group session, in contrast to the content like decisions or…
INTERPERSONAL PROCESS RECALL (IPR)
Method used to understand the process of psychotherapy and to train therapists and counsellors. Uses taping counselling and psychotherapy sessions…
INTROVERSION-EXTRAVERSION
Self orientation from introversion the range or continuum characterised by inward and concerns self directed and behaviours to extraversion, characterised…
KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal…