PRIMARY PREVENTION
A regimen of programs and research with the main goal of promoting physical, behavioral and mental health in the nonclinical…
PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUE
Also known as the projective method, projective technique is any personality assessment process that uses a fixed series of random…
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
The conduct of therapy using classic psychoanalysis. It is basically one-on-one interactions between therapist and client examining unconscious motives and…
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The scientific study of mental disorder(s). The field covers the theory, research, diagnosis and treatment of psychological diseases. It is…
PURPOSIVISM
An explanation of actions or behaviors based on goals and purposes. of those being observed.
REACTIVE AGGRESSION
A physical act committed with little consideration of the consequences. Generally the act is associated with intent to harm and…
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
A technique for correlating the computation of the most likely value of one variable from the known value of another.…
REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC
Psychological term in which people judge the probability of a hypothesis by ascertaining how well the hypothesis mimics available data.…
RETROSPECTIVE FALSIFICATION
Deliberately or unconsciously making changes to a story each time it is repeated to exaggerate good points or increase interest…
SECONDARY GAINS
In psychoanalysis, social, occupational, or interpersonal advantages that a patient derives from symptoms. Indirect benefit, usually obtained through an illness…
SELF-DISCLOSURE
where we will give over information about ourselves to other people. It can increase rapport and trust between people. To…
SELF-REINFORCEMENT
Rewarding ourselves for appropriate behaviour or attaining a goal. also called self-managed reinforcement.
SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE (SPMSQ)
Short portable mental status questionnaire is a short questionnaire that is used to screen older adults for dementia signs and…
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
1. The acceptance of a person into a group. 2. The absence of social disapproval.
SOCIAL IDENTITY
1. These are the personal qualities that a person has and displays to others consistently that they part of your…
SPLIT-HALF RELIABILITY
the measure of the internal consistency of a test, obtained by correlating responses on one half of the test with…
SUBJECT VARIABLE
The variable which is related to individual in the research is called subject variable. This variable is not usually changed…