PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVE
an instruction by a therapy professional toward the client to do exactly the opposite of what common sense would guide…
PAYOFF MATRIX
a table or schedule which lists the advantages and costs stemming from each potential route of action which could be…
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
a survey modeled to attain biographical information about an individual, consisting of age, gender, education, profession, interests, and health history.
PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY
the department of psychology which analyzes the philosophical dilemmas pertaining to the discipline and the philosophical presumptions which underlie its…
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
Logical reasoning where the conclusion follows a set of premises. See logic- top-down analysis.
DETACHMENT
1. Feeling of emotional freedom coming from a lack of involvement. 2. Objectivity to consider a problem on its merits.…
DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION
The extinction of a response by established conditioning while other responses stay the same.
DISEASE MODEL
A theory concerned with the cause and course of a pathological condition or process.
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER
A psychiatric disorder showing disruptive behaviour sever enough that is creates an impairment in social or occupational functioning.
EFFECT SIZE
The size of an effect in a study. See combing effect sizes- statistical significance.
EMPIRICAL GROUNDING
Practice of anchoring theoretical terms to scientifically measurable events.
EXACT REPLICATION
Repeating an experiment where the goal is to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.
LIFE EVENTS
events which occur during the life cycle which can either be age related in which case involve events such as…
MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MASS PSYCHOLOGY
Is the collective term used to describe the range of psychological and emotional processes which occur throughout a population of…
MENTAL DIPLOPIA
is the experience of illusions, hallucinations and false memories in contention with experiences that trigger them.