PARENTAL REJECTION
continual denial of acceptance, affection, or care by one or both parents, at times, hidden beneath a cover of over-indulgence…
PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.
PERSONAL FABLE
a belief in one's differences and invulnerability, that is an indicator of adolescent egocentrism and might continue further into one's…
DEMOCRATIC PARENTING
A style of parenting suggested by Alfred Adler where the parents guide a child's development in a steady and accepting…
DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
1. theory based on the continuity of human development. 2. The idea that mental retardation is due to slower than…
DISCONTINUITY THEORY
Compare to continuity hypothesis. See all-or-none learning hypothesis- eureka task.
DIZYGOTIC TWINS (DZ TWINS)
Twins that have developed from two separate and eggs fertilised by separate sperm. Also called fraternal twins.See twin studies.
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
A family showing impaired communication and relationships where members are unable to get close.
ELDERSPEAK
The adjustment to speech made by younger people when talking to older people based on an assumption that older people…
EMPIRICAL GROUNDING
Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.
EPILEPTOID PERSONALITY
Personality pattern including irritability, selfishness, aggressiveness and being uncooperative.
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
A theory accounting for evolution of organisms over successive generations.
EXPIATORY PUNISHMENT
A punishment to the wrongdoer who is made to suffer in proportion to the severity of wrongdoing. Compare reciprocal punishment.
LEVINSON'S ADULT DEVELOPMENT THEORY
a model which maps the basis of human development where adulthood is split into the following categories- early, middle and…
LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM
a hypothesis first proposed by the U.S. linguists Edward Sapir (1884 - 1939) and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897 - 1941)…
MANUAL METHOD, MANUALIZED THERAPY
is a method used during experiments which maintains rigid conditions and settings in the study to ensure consistency across the…
MATING BEHAVIOR
otherwise known as animal courtship, mate selection, coiulatorv behaviour which typically arises during the processes of reproduction. Different species can…
METHODOLOGY
is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which…