LIFE-HISTORY METHOD
an interview which takes a structured approach to obtaining historical data about events when evaluating an individuals current functioning.
MANUAL ARTS THERAPY
is the use of manual arts such as woodworking and metalworking as rehabilitative activities.
MEGALOMANIA
is a condition which highlights a persons self-inflated (mis-) conception of their importance and worth to a group or company.
METHODOLOGICAL OBJECTIVISM VERSUS METHOD
first proposed by U.S. psychologist Robert I. Watson (1909 - 1980) is a prescriptive dimension which can be used to…
MODELING THEORY
similar to SLT (social learning theory) where behaviours, cognitions and an individuals emotional state can be changed and influenced by…
MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIP
In the context of psychology, a multiple relationship may arise between a psychologist and a non-professional, potentially: concurrently is in…
OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY
any psychoanalytically-rooted theory which sees the need to correspond to items as more central to personality organization and willingness than…
OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING
the utmost potential degree of operation, particularly in the regions of valuable unions, work life, school, and subjective health.
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
writings, documentations, and alike material generated by an individual who, whenever assessed in personal-document analysis, might render knowledge upon that…
DECISIONAL BALANCE
A way to assess positive and negative consequences of choosing a new behaviour.
DETERMINISM
1. Philosophy. Taking the psoition that all events are the results of an antecedent cause or other force. See causality.…
DUAL PROCESS THEORY
1. A theory that response to stimuli allows control of behaviour in 2 stages. 2. Memoery theory. Operation of 2…
EGO FUNCTIONS
Psychoanalytical theory. The variouis functions of the ego including self awareness, problem solving, controlling motor functions, memeory etc.
EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
The tendency to have rapid emotional change. See affective liability.