Personality Disorders

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MMPI-2

an abbreviation used for the revised Minnesota multi-phasic personality inventory.

MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS

when applied to psychological problems is the theory that some conditions such as anxiety are passed on through the generations.

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

in the context of psychotherapy, a negative attitude is the feeling of negativity from the therapist towards the client.

NORMALITY

a widely postulated idea which is similar in comparison to cognitive health. Even though there aren't any absolutes and there

OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR

behavior trait of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder or OCD, like continual brooding, doubting, stewing, incessant pondering over troubles, tidying up and

OUTCOME MEASURES

evaluations of the efficacy of an intervention on the premise of gauges taken prior to, during, and following the intervention.

PARTICIPANT

noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter

PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL

the degree to which an individual believes an action is under their active management.

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

a set of disorders involving pervasive trends of perceiving, corresponding to, and thinking about the surroundings and the self which

DEFECTOLOGY

Russian psychology. The area dealing with learning disabilities and abnormal psychology.

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DISABILITY

A lasting impairment that interfers with daily life functioning. See handicap.

DISTAL EFFECT

The influence a response from an organism has on the environment.

DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

Technique used in psychotherapy focusing on underlying motivational or defensive factors determining behaviour an dadjustment. See depth therapy.

EGOCENTRIC SPEECH

Speech not directed at others or where there is no attempt to change thoughts or to take into account another

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.

EMPOWERMENT

1. Promoting skills, knowledge and the confidence needed to take control of your life. 2. Delegation of increased power making

EVALUATION APPREHENSION

The uneasiness about being judges by others especially being judged by the experimenter.

EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCY EFFECT

Where the experimenter expects certain results and causes errors in research.

LIFE-HISTORY METHOD

an interview which takes a structured approach to obtaining historical data about events when evaluating an individuals current functioning.