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…
LATENT INHIBITION
The impedance of Pavlovian conditioning resulting from prior exposures with a conditioned stimulus before being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
FACTOR THEORY OF PERSONALITY
is one of the five models apart of the Big Five Model of Personality. The factor theory of personality is…
FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL,
was first proposed by the U.S. psychiatrist Murray Bowen in the 1950s (1913 - 1990) as an extension to the…
FIELD EXPERIMENT
an experiment that is not conducted inside a laboratory but is done outside in the real world setting. Participants are…
FOLLOW-UP STUDY
the study undertaken to see if the short term effects of a therapy will continue after a certain period of…
FREUDIAN THEORY OF PERSONALITY
A general psychoanalytic concept of character and personality being the product of fixations and experiences that stem form early stages…
FUTURE ORIENTATION
a time perspective that is focused on the future, especially on how to achieve your future goals.
GENDER REASSIGNMENT
1. changing a person's gender label due to being wrong at birth due to anomalous genitalia. 2. Use of surgery…
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
the term describing the tendency for a physical or mental condition or disorder to be able to be inherited by…
GOAL ORIENTATION
1. Tendency for a person to physically and mentally position themselves toward their goal. 2. Characteristic of a person tending…
GROUP ROLES
The sets of behaviour that is expected of people in certain roles within the group. Need to be defined in…
INTERROLE CONFLICT
The role conflict that occurs when individuals have one role or more when within a group and the behaviours and…
INVARIANT FEATURE
An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are…
KOHLBERG'S THEORY
Broadly speaking the morally developed individual moves from a selfish concern with rewards and punishment through a reliance on fixed…