DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.
DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA
A subtype of schizophrenia where a person has random and fragmented speech and beahviour with grimaces, laughter and an extreme…
DOUBLE BLIND
An experimental procedure where the nature of the experiment is not known. See blind. Compare single blind- triple blind.
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Community psychology. Where a social entity is viewed in terms of the relationship between people, roles, orgaisations, events, resources and…
ESTABLISHING OPERATION
Any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a punisher or reinforcer.
LIFE SATISFACTION
the degree which adults (typically) find the lives they lead rich, meaningful, full or of a generally high quality. Improving…
MANIFEST GOAL
is the openly stated goal or aim of a specific piece of research. This goal will be evaluated at the…
MEDICAL AUDIT
is the systematic and usually thorough evaluation of the entire diagnostic, treatment processes and the caring general process of an…
METACOMMUNICATION
describes the communication entailing the dynamics of the process of communication itself. Talking, about talking.
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
when applied to psychological problems is the theory that some conditions such as anxiety are passed on through the generations.…
NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE
is a stereotype (widely held belief) about an individual or group which displays them in a poor light and is…
NUCLEAR SCHIZOPHRENIA
postulated by Norwegian psychiatrist Gabriel Langfeldt, a form of schizophrenia whose characterizing aspects, that consist of cultural inadequacy and withdrawal,…
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
a dimension of the big five personality model and the five-factor personality model which references single variants in the propensity…
OVERINCLUSION
noun. failure of a person to remove non-successful or improper reactions correlated with a specific stimulant.
PASSIVITY PHENOMENA
phenomena wherein people feel that some factor of themselves is under the management of other people. These factors can comprise…