Personality Disorders

the term applied to the initial impression we have of another person when we meet them for the first time. It contains positive and...

Name used to describe the capacity that a person has for making their own decisions and directions in life. We need it for moral...

1. Assessment to identify circumstances and consequences associated with a certain behaviour. Defined in measurable terms. Used to design treatments and interventions. 2. Any...

1. Deriving a concept or theory from a number of specific cases, applying it widely. 2. Judgement derived and applied this way. 3. Conditioning...

The sense of fellowship and community displayed by members of a collective who are united by shared purposes, responsibilities and interests. See also cohesion;...

Method used to understand the process of psychotherapy and to train therapists and counsellors. Uses taping counselling and psychotherapy sessions that are later analysed...

A person that is attentive and understanding to the motives, needs and experiences of herself or himself and others. It is a reflecting personality...

It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range of both in their...

was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Sylvan S. Tomkins (1911 - 1991) and Carroll F. Izard (1923 - ) as a hypothesis where afferent...

Used in factor analysis. Any factors that are derived from the correlation among the manifest variables, as opposed to second- order factors, which are...