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.
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.
MICROPSYCHOSIS
is a psychotic episode which unusually lasts an incredibly short duration, from a few minutes to a hours which typically…
MOOD INDUCTION
defines any method which can be used to induce a change in an individuals mood, regardless of the direction of…
NAIVE PARTICIPANT
is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in…
NEGATIVE-STATE-RELIEF MODEL
is the theory that helping behaviour is used during times of stress and anxiety to avoid negative moods.
OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY
any psychoanalytically-rooted theory which sees the need to correspond to items as more central to personality organization and willingness than…
OPERANT CONDITIONING
initially explained by B.F. Skinner, the procedure wherein behavioral alterations take place as an act of the consequences of behavior.…
PASSIVITY PHENOMENA
phenomena wherein people feel that some factor of themselves is under the management of other people. These factors can comprise…