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PATHOLOGY

1. operational modifications in someone or an organ corresponding to or stemming from illness or disorder. 2. the scientific analysis

PHENOMENON

noun. 1. a viewable occurrence or physical one. 2. with regard to philosophy, something interpreted by the senses. With regard

DECISIONAL BALANCE

A way to assess positive and negative consequences of choosing a new behaviour.

DIRECT COPING

The active and focused confrontation and management of a tressful situation.

DREAM

The mental state occuring during sleep.

EMOTION

The complex reaction pattern that involves experiential, behavioural and physiological elements.

ETHNOPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Where issues related to ethnic and cultural variations in using and response to psychoative agents is considered.

EXPERT POWER

The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.

LOOKING-GLASS SELF

is a theory which attempts to explain the mechanism and reasoning behind humans consistent attempts to evaluate their own performance

MEDIATED GENERALIZATION

is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the

MICROSLEEP

is the process of entering incredibly short periods of very light sleep which typically occur whilst undergoing monotonous tasks which

NAIVE PARTICIPANT

is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in

NULL HYPOTHESIS

the statement postulating an experiment will find no variations between the control and experimental states, which is, no union between

OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES

mental, emotional, and behavioral results which people consider to be correlated with future, or intended, actions and which are considered

PATIENT

noun. 1. a recipient of healthcare from a licensed healthcare professional. 2. with regard to language, the being which is

PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY

the department of psychology which analyzes the philosophical dilemmas pertaining to the discipline and the philosophical presumptions which underlie its

DECOMPENSATION

The breakdown of our defense mechanisms that result in a worsening of psychiatric symptoms.

DIRECTIONALITY PROBLEM

A problem with 2 variables where the cause and effect is not known.

DREAM STATE (D-STATE)

The state of sleep where we dream, and it can be characterized by rapid movement of a human eye during

EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY 1

1. Expressing emotions without restraint. 2. Lay term for maladjustment.