Personality Disorders

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NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT

the procedure or scenarios wherein a stimulant recognized to be effective as a supporter existed independently of any specific behaviors.

OBJECTIVE TEST

an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of

ORGANISMIC VALUING PROCESS

with regard to client-focused theory, the assumed wellness and inborn interior advice program which an individual can utilize to stay

PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING

founded by Ivan Pavlov, a form of acquisition wherein an initially neutral stimulant, the conditioned stimulus, whenever coupled with a

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

writings, documentations, and alike material generated by an individual who, whenever assessed in personal-document analysis, might render knowledge upon that

PILOT STUDY

a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.

DETACHMENT

1. Feeling of emotional freedom coming from a lack of involvement. 2. Objectivity to consider a problem on its merits.

DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR (DRO)

Used to decrease the rate of a targeted response. Also called ommission training.

DISPLACEMENT

Transferring behaviour or feelings from the original objet or person to another. See displaced aggression- drive displacement- scape goating.

DUAL PROCESS THEORY

1. A theory that response to stimuli allows control of behaviour in 2 stages. 2. Memoery theory. Operation of 2

EGO FUNCTIONS

Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.

EMOTIONAL HANDICAP

Learning or behavioural disorder with fears and anxieties preventing a child from functioning socially or academically.

EMPIRICAL GROUNDING

Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.

ESTABLISHING OPERATION

Any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a punisher or reinforcer.

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

The group or participants exposed to the variable.

LEISURE LIFESTYLE

A lifestyle (way of living) in which free time, otherwise referred to as leisure time forms a large part of

MALADJUSTMENT

Is the common term used to describe an inability to maintain a stable relationship or adjust to changing environments.

MEASUREMENT ERROR

is any difference between the observed value and the real or true value which leads to the skewing of results

MENTAL PRACTICE

is the use of imagery with respect to the mastery of a skill.