Personality Disorders

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PASSIVE LISTENING

with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, attentive listening by a counselor or therapy professional without impeding upon or disrupting the

PERCEPTUAL FIELD

with regard to gestalt psychology, the entirety of the surroundings which someone understands at a specific time- that being, all

PERSPECTIVE

noun. 1. the capacity to observe items, occurrences, and ideas in realistic proportions and unions. 2. the capacity to perceive

DELUSION OF POVERTY

The belief that a person has when they think they will soon be destitute.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

Flexible therapy combining principles of behaviour therapy, cognitive and mindfulness behaviours.

DISCRIMINATION TRAINING

1. process where an operant esponse is reinforced. 2. Sport. Training to be able toidentify task relevany cues.

DOGMATISM

1. Tendency to act in a certain assertive and authoritative manner in accord with a set of beliefs. 2. Personality

ECLECTIC COUNSELING

Counselling combining different techniques and findings.

EMITTED BEHAVIOR

The natural response to a circumstance not influence by external stimuli. Compare respondent behaviour.

EMOTIONAL SECURITY

Feelings of safety, confidence and freedom from apprehension. See security operations.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRIVATION

Lack of conditions to stimulate intellect and behavioural growth.

EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY

Aggressive rsponses are intensified by arousal from other stimuli not directly related to the original stimulus that started the aggression.

EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)

Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.

LONDON SYNDROME

the complete resistance of hostages to comply willingly with the demands and requests of their captors.

MARGINALIZATION

the process through which the marginal groups and their members are identified as not being apart of the main group.

MENTAL ABERRATION

is used to describe a deviation from any linear or normal thinking.

METHODOLOGY

is an umbrella term used to describe any system of methods, collection of principles and rules of a procedure which

MOLAR ANALYSIS

considers overall relationships between the measurements themselves, such as the average response rates to rates of reinforcement extended overa a

NAIVE OBSERVER I

is an observer, who will have little or no knowledge about the scenario or event they are asked to observe,

NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE

is a stereotype (widely held belief) about an individual or group which displays them in a poor light and is