SELF-ACTIVITY
The decision to carry out actions you have thought about yourself and not been told to do. Such activity is…
SELF-EXTENSION
an investment in ego where things are brought from outside the self that a person feels an affinity with. the…
SELF-STATEMENT MODIFICATION
a technique to change bad ideas about ourselves that have been uncovered in cognitive behaviour therapy. See self-instructional training.
SHORT-TERM THERAPY
therapy that is brief and relies on goal setting and active techniques. It may last as long as 10 -20…
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.
SOCIAL FACILITATION
when we improve our performance in a task when other people are present. This could be due to a heightened…
SOCIAL REPRESSION
Social repression is the act of controlling, subduing or suppressing people, groups and larger social aggregations by interpersonal means. Techniques…
SOMATIC THERAPY
Treating mental disorders with organic therapies such as psychotropic drugs, electroconvulsive therapy or megavitamin therapy. It is a specific type…
STANDARDIZATION GROUP
a sample group to establish the norms for the population it is representing. It is also known as standardization sample.…
STRESS TOLERANCE
In stressful conditions, a person's ability to do the task appropriately with minimal anxiety level is known as stress tolerance.…
SUCCESSIVE DISCRIMINATION
Used in conditioning behaviour this is a discrimination between stimuli presented one after the other.
SUSCEPTIBILITY
1. The vulnerability or increased likelihood of being affected by a disease or illness. 2. The capacity to feel deep…
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POSTPOSITIVISM
noun. 1. the general stance of American psychology since the mid-twentieth century, whenever it stopped being dominated by logical positivism,…
POWERLESSNESS
a state of mind wherein people feel they have no control over or effect on aspects or occurrences which impact…
POLYSURGICAL ADDICTION
a condition marked by a compulsive urge to undergo continual surgeries even whenever organic pathology can't be located. The condition…
PRECIPITATING CAUSE
the specific aspect, at times, a distressing or damaging experience, which is the immediate cause of a cognitive or physical…
POPULATION
noun. 1. the entire amount of people in a rendered geographical location. 2. with regard to statistics, a theoretically defined,…
PREDICTION
noun. 1. an attempt to predict what will occur in a specific scenario, usually on the premise of past occurrences…