EXTEROCEPTIVE STIMULUS
Stimulus coming from the external world. Compare interoceptive stimulus.
LIFE-HISTORY METHOD
an interview which takes a structured approach to obtaining historical data about events when evaluating an individuals current functioning.
MAINTAINING CAUSE
a direct influence on an individuals life, typically from either peers or their careers which leads to maladaptive behaviours.
MASTURBATION
is the process of manipulating ones own genital organs, whether a penis or clitoris for the purposes of self-stimulating removing…
MEDIATED GENERALIZATION
is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the…
MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (MSE)
a complete evaluation of a patients mental health taking into consideration data including interviews taken by professionals to standardized tests.
MOTHER ARCHETYPE
was apart of Carl Jung's primordial image of a generative and sustaining mother figure. The idea of a mother archetype,…
MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION
is the ability to classify and categorize multiple characteristics at any one time, for example a traffic light could be…
NEGATIVE ACCELERATION
is the binary opposite to positive acceleration where a situation which should change the rate of development of a variable…
NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT
the procedure or scenarios wherein a stimulant recognized to be effective as a supporter existed independently of any specific behaviors.…
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…