DYADIC EFFECT
The behaviour shown by 2 interacting people that is different to interactions to other people.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology dealing with methods of learning and addresses a variety of psychological problems.
EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY 1
1. Expressing emotions without restraint. 2. Lay term for maladjustment.
ENDOPHENOTYPE
Biological markers easier to detect than genetic sequences that may be useful in researching the vulnerability to a range of…
ETHNOPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Where issues related to ethnic and cultural variations in using and response to psychoative agents is considered.
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.…