MEMORY DISTORTION
is the inaccurate and usually wrong recall of incorrect facts in relation with a specific stimulus.
METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM
is the acceptance of a value once multiple methodologies have been used.
MONOZYGOTIC TWINS (MZ TWINS)
opposed to di-zygotic twins are always of the same sex because they develop from the same ovum, which simply splits…
MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
is the collective term used to describe the change and development of an organisms motor functions over their entire life…
NAIVE OBSERVER I
is an observer, who will have little or no knowledge about the scenario or event they are asked to observe,…
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
is the removal, prevention or negative reinforcement of a stimulus of a response which will increase the likelihood of that…
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)
in the DSM-IV-TR, designating a widely-based diagnostic classificaton, for instance, depressive disorder not otherwise ascertained. The NOS diagnosis is selected…
OBTRUSIVE MEASURE
a way of gathering measurements or observations wherein those partaking know that a measurement is underway.
ORGAN INFERIORITY
the insight of being deficient or somehow lesser than other people as a outcome of aversive emotions about a physical…
OVERDETERMINATION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the idea postulating that many unconscious facets might mix to generate one symptom, dream, dysfunction,…
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…
DELINQUENCY
Any behaviour that violates social rules and conventions. See juvenile delinquency.
DEVELOPMENTAL TASK
Any physical, social, intellectual and emotional ability or acheivement needed to be acquired at each developmental stage of life. See…
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…