Personality Disorders

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TWILIGHT STATE

a state of clouded awareness wherein the person is transiently not aware of their current environment, experiences fleeting auditory or

VERBAL CONDITIONING

the conditioning of a verbal reaction via reinforcement, generally rendered in the form of reward or positive attention. The experiment

TEMPERANCE

noun. any type of auspicious self-constraint, manifested as self-regulation in overseeing and controlling one

THERAPY

1. treatment of physical, cognitive, or behavioral disorders or illness. 2. reference: psychotherapy.

TRANSFERENCE

noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, the displacement or projection onto the analyst of unconscious emotions and desires initially directed toward

TYPICALITY EFFECT

the discovery that individuals are faster to make category judgments regarding common members of a category than they are to

VERIFICATION

noun. the procedure of mandating the truth or correctness of something, specifically the utilization of unbiased, empirical information to challenge

TEMPORARY COMMITMENT

emergency indeliberate hospitalization of a patient with a cognitive disorder for a limited time to observe or treat them.

THINNING

with regard to conditioning, a gradual escalation in the intermittency of reinforcement.

TRANSFORMATION

noun. 1. any alteration of appearance, shape, action, or anatomy. 2. the transformation of information to a different type via

TYPOLOGY

noun. any study of a specific classification of phenomena into categories based upon typical traits of a personality.

VICARIOUS

adjective. supplementary or second-hand: applied, for instance, to the gratification supplied by observing the encounters of other people in television

TENSION

noun. 1. a emotion of physical and psychological strain joined by discomfort, unease, and pressure to look for alleviation via

THOUGHT STOPPING

the skill of utilizing a physical or mental cue to cease negative thoughts and redirect them to an unbiased or

TRANSIENCE

noun. impermanence which indicates ending and might elicit anticipation of loss. With regard to classical psychoanalytic theory, the idea that

UNCONTROLLED VARIABLE

a variant which isn't controlled or gauged by the investigator during an experiment or analysis.

VIOLENCE

noun. 1. the demonstration of hostility and anger with the aim of harming or injuring others or someone's property via

TENSION REDUCTION

relief of emotions of tension. A multitude of methods might be utilized for this reason.

THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES

a direct attitude measure which consists of generating a large group of statements modeled to show ranging degrees of negativity

TRANSIENT SITUATIONAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

a DSM-I denotation for posttraumatic distress disorder, replacing the older terminology of traumatic neurosis. This class additionally is inclusive of