FUNCTIONALISM
a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to environmental challenges and opportunities.…
GENDER IDENTITY
the recognition of being male or female resulting from a combination of biological and psychic influences, family attitudes and cultural…
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…
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
any remark or observation by the therapy professional which escalates the patient's consciousness or self-comprehension.
TRAIT THEORY
approaches which explain character traits with regard to individual facets of one's personality, that being, interior traits which are thought…
TWO-WORD STAGE
the development time frame, ranging from 18 to 24 months old, whenever kids utilize two words at the same time…
VOCATIONAL CHOICE
the choice of a job or profession. A realistic process of this type frequently starts during the teenage years, with…
WORD-SUPERIORITY EFFECT (WSE)
the discovery which, when presented for a short period of time, one letter is more easily recognized within the context…
TEMPERAMENT
noun. the fundamental groundwork of character, generally presumed to be biologically determined and existent early in life, inclusive of traits…
TRANSACTION
noun. 1. any interaction between the person and the social or physical surroundings, particularly during involvement between at least two…
TYPE-TOKEN RATIO (TTR)
a comparison, shown as a ratio, of the quantity of types to the quantity of tokens in a specific communication.…
VARIED MAPPING
during a search task, a condition wherein target and distractor stimulus alter roles at random during the course of an…