Personality Disorders

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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.

DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR

An expression of hostility, anger and aggression by destroying and damaging property or yourself.

DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF LOW RATE (DRI)

Reinforcement when response to stimuli is low. Also called differential reinforcement of long response times.

DISPERSION

The degree that a group of scores deviate from the mean. Also called spread.

DUAL DIAGNOSIS

Identifying 2 distict disoreders present at the same time. See comorbidity.

EFFICACY

1.The competence of behavioural performance with reference to a person's perception of performance capabilities. 2. Pharmacology. Dealing with dose relationship.

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.

MITIGATING FACTOR

is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a

MOTOR TENSION

has been linked to anxiety disorder where the individuals muscles will be in a state of tension due to restlessness.