Substance Abuse Disorders

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GROUP

1. Collection of people. 2. Social psychology. 2 or more people influencing each other. Also called social group. 3. organised

GUILT

The term for the self-conscious emotion that a person will feel that features a sens of having done something wrong

INTERPRETATION

Psychotherapy. Explanation by therapist ion terms meaningful to the person and their issues, behaviours or feelings. Made along the lines

INTROSPECTION

Attempting to access one's own internal psychological processes directly, perceptions, judgements or states. Introspective ailj

KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE

A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal

FATIGUE

is a medical term which is used to describe a period of extreme tiredness, as a result of emotional strain,

FOCUS GROUP

group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

the plot of the frequency of occurrence of scores of various sizes that have been arranged from lowest to highest

FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY

a form of family therapy that focuses on both family interaction patterns and on the benefits family members may derive

GENERALIZABILITY

the term that applies to the accuracy with which results or findings can be transferred to situations or people other

GROUP BEHAVIOR

These are the actions that are performed by the group as a whole and the people taking part. Applies to

INTERDEPENDENCE THEORY

theory applied to the approach to analysing social interactions and relationships that focuses on how each person's outcomes depend on

INTERROLE CONFLICT

The role conflict that occurs when individuals have one role or more when within a group and the behaviours and

INTROVERSION-EXTRAVERSION

Self orientation from introversion the range or continuum characterised by inward and concerns self directed and behaviours to extraversion, characterised

KSAOS

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics and the abbreviation

THEORY X AND Y

two different forms of managerial philosophy: Theory X employers presume that employees are passive, lazy, and driven only by financial

TOLERANCE

noun. 1. a condition, stemming from continual utilization of a drug, marked by a significant lessened impact with regular use

TREATMENT EFFECT

the significance of the impact of a remediation upon the reaction variant within an analysis. It is generally gauged as

UPPER THRESHOLD

1. fora difference threshold, the limit at which the stimulant is considered to be more significant than the principle. 2.

VISCERAL REACTION

a reaction of the visceral organs, like stomach contracting.