Schizophrenia

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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.

TRANSFERENCE

noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, the displacement or projection onto the analyst of unconscious emotions and desires initially directed toward

UNCONTROLLED VARIABLE

a variant which isn't controlled or gauged by the investigator during an experiment or analysis.

VISUAL ILLUSION

a misinterpretation of exterior visual stimulants which takes place as an outcome of either a pathological condition or a misperception

TENSION

noun. 1. a emotion of physical and psychological strain joined by discomfort, unease, and pressure to look for alleviation via

THOUGHT INSERTION

a delusion wherein the person believes that thoughts are irresistibly pushed into their mind and designates these thoughts to exterior

TRANSFORMATION

noun. 1. any alteration of appearance, shape, action, or anatomy. 2. the transformation of information to a different type via

UNDERSTANDING

1. the procedure of attaining knowledge about oneself or other people or of understanding the meaning or significance of something,