RESILIENCE
The ability to adapt or rebound quickly from change, illness, or bad fortune. Also known as: psychic resilience; psychological resilience.…
RISK ASSESSMENT
Determination of potential threat which could be posed by an individual upon their release from custody wherein the individual has…
SELECTIVE ATTENTION
Process whereby one pays attention only to messages that address a need or interest or are consistent with the individual's…
PSEUDOCONDITIONING
In instances of Pavlovian conditioning, the elicitation of a response by a previously neutral stimulus. This occurs after a series…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT
Any cognitive, emotional or behavioral performance of an individual that is below average.
PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH
The emphasis on social and cultural influences in psychological theory, research and practices.
RELATIONSHIP ROLE
Identifiable role taken on by a member of a group in order to achieve interpersonal harmony within the group. Also…
RESISTANCE
Act or instance of resisting; having the ability to resist. In psychology, the process by which the ego refuses to…
RISK FACTOR
Any behavioral, hereditary, environmental, or other consideration which increases the likelihood of developing a disease or disorder, or becoming involved…
SAMPLING VARIABILITY
Degree to which the importance of a statistic varies across a variety of samples from the median importance for any…
SELECTIVE INATTENTION
Act of ignoring or otherwise screening out of stimuli that are threatening, anxiety-producing, or felt to be unimportant. Conscious or…
PROBLEM BEHAVIOR
Behavior that is determined to be destructive, antisocial or against the common good.
PSEUDOMEMORY
A false memory. A recollection of events that never actually happened. Pseudomemory differs from a memory that is simply inaccurate.…
PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
The opinion that most psychological phenomena are determined by outside forces out of the control of the individual experiencing them.…
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
Social, cultural and environmental influences that affect an individual's or group's mental health and behavior. These may include social situations,…