MALEVOLENT TRANSFORMATION
is the (sometimes classes as paranoid) feeling that an individual is living with others or in a society in which…
MEDIATED GENERALIZATION
is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the…
MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (MSE)
a complete evaluation of a patients mental health taking into consideration data including interviews taken by professionals to standardized tests.
MIXED EMOTIONS
is the process of experiencing more than one emotion at a time as a result of an event. For example,…
MULTIDETERMINED BEHAVIOR
describes behaviours of any individual which are considered to be influenced by more than one variable such genetics and environmental…
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
is the removal, prevention or negative reinforcement of a stimulus of a response which will increase the likelihood of that…
NORMATIVE-REEDUCATIVE STRATEGY
with regard to cultural psychology, the concept ascertaining that societal alterations ought to be based upon active re-education of persons…
OCCASION SETTER
with regard to Pavlovian conditioning, a stimulant which is differentially coupled with a stimulant-stimulant contingency.
OVERDETERMINATION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the idea postulating that many unconscious facets might mix to generate one symptom, dream, dysfunction,…
PASSIVE LISTENING
with regard to psychotherapy and counseling, attentive listening by a counselor or therapy professional without impeding upon or disrupting the…
PERFORMANCE
noun. 1. any activity or gathering of reactions which leads to an outcome or has an impact on the surroundings.…
PILOT STUDY
a preemptive research project modeled to assess and change procedure in readying for a subsequent and more complex research project.…
ACTIVATIONAL EFFECT
a temporary chemical influence which usually produces a brief variation in performance or physical motion in mature animals. For instance,…
ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR
behavior carried out for the advantage of other people. Selfless behavior consists of a variety of approaches, such as expression…
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
the use of books, journals, documents, data sets, manuscripts, and other records or cultural artifacts in scientific research, that do…
AUTISTIC THINKING
narcissistic, egocentric thought processes that have little or no relation to reality, and focus largely on self-absorption. May also refer…