Personality Disorders

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OVERCONFIDENCE

noun. 1. a condition of over-approximating one's capacity to perform or under-approximating the capacity of an opponent to perform. 2.

PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

a kind of observational technique wherein a trained viewer enters the group under analysis as a member, while avoiding a

PERCEIVED SELF

the subjective appraisal of private factors which one renders to their self.

PERSONALITY INVENTORY

a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which

DEFENSIVENESS

The tendency to be sensitive to comments and criticism and to deny them.

DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW

The interview with the mental health professional looking at a person's problems and situations.

DISCONTINUITY THEORY

Compare to continuity hypothesis. See all-or-none learning hypothesis- eureka task.

DISTORTION

1. Unconscious process of altering emotions and thoughts or the conscious misrepresentation of facts. 2. Psychoanalytic theory. Using dream work

DYSFUNCTION

Any disturbance, deficiency or impairment of function or behaviour.

EGOCENTRISM

The tendency to emphasise your own needs and focuses in a group situation you belong to.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT

The index for emotional intelligence.

EMPTY ORGANISM PSYCHOLOGY

Behavioural psychology. Attempts to predict and control behaviour based on external observable stimulus and reinforcement conditions.

EVALUATION OBJECTIVE

Any purposes of evaluating a program.

EXPERT POWER

The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.

MANNERISM

a habitual facial expression or movement classed as characteristic of an individual.

MEDITATION

is considered an exercise during which the individual enters an extended state of contemplation and reflection over a specific subject

METHODOLOGICAL BEHAVIORISM

is a strand of behaviourism which acknowledges the reality of conscious events but suggests the only way of studying them

MODELING

is a strand of behavioural modelling whereby learning occurs through observation, therefore classed as vicarious learning and then the leaner

MULTIPLE HURDLE MODEL OF SELECTION

is a battery of selection test typically employed when someone is applying for a position, they must pass each station