PHENOMENON
noun. 1. a viewable occurrence or physical one. 2. with regard to philosophy, something interpreted by the senses. With regard…
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions…
DOUBLE STANDARD
A hypocritical belief where one behaviour is admissible in one group but not in the other.
ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH
The approach to therapy emphasising the interaction between a person or family and the larger social context such a sschoolls,…
EXPECTANCY
1. Behavioural psychology. The state where an organism anticipates an event based on previous experience. 2. Cognitive psychology. Mental set…
EXTEROCEPTIVE STIMULUS
Stimulus coming from the external world. Compare interoceptive stimulus.
MACHOVER DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP TEST)
a test which aims to help clinicians identify the individuals personality. The participant is asked to first draw a person…
MATCHED-GROUP DESIGN
is an experimental design for research studies which requires both the experimental and control groups are similar or matched on…
MENTAL HEALTH
is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely…
MIRROR TECHNIQUE
otherwise known as mirroring, in psychological experiments, one participant is asked to complete an exercise whilst a confederate (fake participant)…
MORAL THERAPY
was a type of therapy seen in the 19th century which believed that a person considered insane could be helped…
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY
otherwise known as a narcissistic character, its defined as a pattern of traits and behaviours which are concerned with excessive…
NEUROTICISM
is an umbrella term used to describe a range of meanings. For example, neuroticism could detail a state of neurosis…
OBJECTIVE SCORING
scoring an examination by way of a formula or key, so that varied scorers will come to the exact same…
OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY
any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging,…