PARTICIPANT
noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter…
PERCEIVED SELF
the subjective appraisal of private factors which one renders to their self.
PHARMACOTHERAPY
noun. the remediation of a disorder by the delivery of drugs, in contrast to such methods as psychotherapy, surgery, or…
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
Flexible therapy combining principles of behaviour therapy, cognitive and mindfulness behaviours.
DISCRIMINATION TRAINING
1. process where an operant esponse is reinforced. 2. Sport. Training to be able toidentify task relevany cues.
DISTURBANCE OF ASSOCIATION
Interrupting a logical chain of accepted thought giving rise to confused and haphazard thinking. See also schizophrenic thinking- thought disorder.
EMOTIONAL STABILITY
The consistency and predictability of emotional reactions. Compare affective lability.
EPILEPTOID PERSONALITY
Personality pattern including irritability, selfishness, aggressiveness and being uncooperative.
EXPECTANCY
1. Behavioural psychology. The state where an organism anticipates an event based on previous experience. 2. Cognitive psychology. Mental set…
EXTEROCEPTIVE STIMULUS
Stimulus coming from the external world. Compare interoceptive stimulus.
MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MATURATION HYPOTHESIS
is the theory that some behaviours and genetics are hereditary whereas some arise after the full maturation of organs in…
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
a qualified professional who is licensed to provide counselling either independently or as part of a treatment team.
MISARTICULATION
is the process of faulty articulating which results in unclear and poorly understood speech.
MORTALITY SALIENCE
is the cognitive accessibility and process through which an individual considers the inevitability of their own death. This inevitability has…
NEGATIVE AFFECT
is an internal feeling or emotion which is typically experienced after one has failed to complete a task or goal,…
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.…