DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS
Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.
EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION
Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.
EPSILON ALCOHOLISM
The 5th stage of alcoholism. Where periodic binge drinking is broken up by dry periods that can last fro months.…
EVALUATION RESEARCH
Applying scientific principles, methods and theories to identify, describe, measure and predict importnat factors to develop human service delivery systems.…
EXPERT POWER
The capacity to influence others deriving from the assumption that the influencer has superior skills. See power.
MACHOVER DRAW-A-PERSON TEST (DAP TEST)
a test which aims to help clinicians identify the individuals personality. The participant is asked to first draw a person…
MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY (MBI)
a theoretical method for determining the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and the level of reduced personal accomplishment. There are 22 statements…
MENTAL ABILITIES
describes the abilities of- spatial visualization, perceptual speed, number facility, verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory, inductive reasoning as measured by…
MOOD INDUCTION
defines any method which can be used to induce a change in an individuals mood, regardless of the direction of…
NAIVE PARTICIPANT
is a participant to a study which is not aware of the experimental hypothesis and who has not participated in…
NEGATIVE-STATE-RELIEF MODEL
is the theory that helping behaviour is used during times of stress and anxiety to avoid negative moods.
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (NOS)
in the DSM-IV-TR, designating a widely-based diagnostic classificaton, for instance, depressive disorder not otherwise ascertained. The NOS diagnosis is selected…
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
a dimension of the big five personality model and the five-factor personality model which references single variants in the propensity…
OUTDOOR TRAINING PROGRAM
an approach toward leadership growth and team-building wherein workers are taken to an outdoor locale, like a place of wilderness,…