OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY
any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging,…
OUGHT SELF
with regard to analyses of self-concept, a cognitive symbolization of a group of traits which one is obligated to have…
PARALANGUAGE
noun. the vocal but non-verbal components of correspondence by talking. Paralanguage comprises not just suprasegmental aspects of talking, like stress…
PATTERN RECOGNITION
1. the capacity to identify and acknowledge an involved whole containing, or embedded in, multiple independent components. Trend recognition isn't…
PERMISSIVE PARENTING
initially postulated by American developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind, a lax method of parenting wherein the mother, father or caregiver behaves…
DECOMPENSATION
The breakdown of our defense mechanisms that result in a worsening of psychiatric symptoms.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Branch of psycholinguistics looking at language acquired by children.
DILUTION EFFECT
Animal behaviour. A large group of animals has a better chance of eluding a large animal preying on them than…
DISPLACEMENT
Transferring behaviour or feelings from the original objet or person to another. See displaced aggression- drive displacement- scape goating.
DYADIC RELATIONSHIP
1. A committed 2 person relationship. 2. Relationship between therapist and client.
EDUCATIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ)
The ratio of educational age to chronological age as a percetage.
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.
ENMESHED FAMILY
A family where memebers are involved in each others lives that limits or precludes healthy functioning and comprises individual autonomy.
LEARNING GOAL
an aim or goal to achieve a certain level set internally at a certain subject or task.
LIFE-SPACE INTERVIEW
first proposed by U.S. psychologist Fritz Redl, the life-space interview is a crisis management technique used with children in residential…