Schizophrenia

s73

GROUP MORALE

the term describing the group members

INTERPERSONAL SKILL

The aptitude enabling a person to be able to carry on effective relationships with others such as an ability to

INVARIANT FEATURE

An object that does not change or its characteristic when the object is viewed under different circumstances. Features that are

LABELING

Patient may be incomplete or misleading, because not all cases conform to the sharply defined characteristics of the standard diagnostic

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION

any remark or observation by the therapy professional which escalates the patient's consciousness or self-comprehension.

TRAIT THEORY

approaches which explain character traits with regard to individual facets of one's personality, that being, interior traits which are thought

TRUE SCORE

with regard to classical test theory, the portion of a gauge or score which depicts the actual quantity of the

VERBAL CONDITIONING

the conditioning of a verbal reaction via reinforcement, generally rendered in the form of reward or positive attention. The experiment

TECHNICAL ECLECTICISM

with regard to integrative psychotherapy, the utilization of methods from many different theoretical contexts to manage the involved problems a

THERAPIST

noun. a person who has been trained in and practices one or more methods of therapy to remedy cognitive or

TRAIT-NEGATIVITY BIAS

the propensity for negative character traits to play a greater role than positive character traits in determining overall impressions and

TYPICALITY EFFECT

the discovery that individuals are faster to make category judgments regarding common members of a category than they are to

VERIFICATION

noun. the procedure of mandating the truth or correctness of something, specifically the utilization of unbiased, empirical information to challenge

TEMPERANCE

noun. any type of auspicious self-constraint, manifested as self-regulation in overseeing and controlling one

THERAPY

1. treatment of physical, cognitive, or behavioral disorders or illness. 2. reference: psychotherapy.

TRANSACTION

noun. 1. any interaction between the person and the social or physical surroundings, particularly during involvement between at least two

TYPOLOGY

noun. any study of a specific classification of phenomena into categories based upon typical traits of a personality.

VIOLENCE

noun. 1. the demonstration of hostility and anger with the aim of harming or injuring others or someone's property via

TEMPORARY COMMITMENT

emergency indeliberate hospitalization of a patient with a cognitive disorder for a limited time to observe or treat them.

THINNING

with regard to conditioning, a gradual escalation in the intermittency of reinforcement.