TREATMENT PLAN
the suggested steps for intervening that the therapy professional or counselor plans following an evaluation of the patient being completed.…
UTILITARIAN FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
the role an outlook can play in attaining rewards, avoiding punishments, or both. An individual may take on a positive…
VISUAL ILLUSION
a misinterpretation of exterior visual stimulants which takes place as an outcome of either a pathological condition or a misperception…
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
any remark or observation by the therapy professional which escalates the patient's consciousness or self-comprehension.
TOTAL INSTITUTION
1. a highly ordered and restrictive social institution which keeps up a high level of management over the activities of…
TRIANGULATION
noun. 1. the procedure involved in confirming a hypothesis by gathering proofs from many sources or experiments or utilizing many…
UTILITARIANISM
an ethical theory based upon the premise that the good is to be explained as that which brings the most…
VISUAL IMAGERY
cognitive imagery which consists of the sense of having "images" in the mind. These pictures might be memories of formative…
RESTATEMENT
In a therapy situation, a therapist or counselor will repeat or rephrase a subject's own words to make certain that…
ROLE EXPECTATIONS
Beliefs concerning the qualities, behaviors, and characteristics suitable to a specific role; could be conveyed to the role's holder by…
PRIMARY GROUP
An individual's small group of friends or acquaintances that help foster and maintain their attitudes, social mores and values.
PRODROMAL SYNDROME
A syndrome characterized by traits the may predispose an individual to develop a psychological or neurological disorder.
PSEUDOPSYCHOLOGY
A fraudulent or unscientific approach to psychology, for example Phrenology or palmistry
PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
The opinion that most psychological phenomena are determined by outside forces out of the control of the individual experiencing them.…
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 1
Erik Erikson was the first to formulate the theory that personality development is a process influenced by many factors throughout…
RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN
A design in research where participants are classified into groups on the basis of an experimenter controlled variable. Participants within…
REALITY CONFRONTATION
An act on behalf of the therapist in which the client is asked to consider the possibilty that he or…
REFLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
Referring to its own actions, an aspect of consciousness. Also known as: self-consciousness; self-reflection.