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PAPER-AND-PENCIL TEST

an examination wherein the problems or queries are penned, printed, or drawn and the answers are penned too.

PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING

founded by Ivan Pavlov, a form of acquisition wherein an initially neutral stimulant, the conditioned stimulus, whenever coupled with a

PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT

1. acclimation by someone to occupational and residential conditions within their community and family, particularly with regard to cultural interactions

PHENOMENON

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

DECOMPENSATION

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

DESTRUCTIVE OBEDIENCE

Complying with instructions that causes harm to others or leads to a negative outcome.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions

DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS

Operant conditioning. A stimulus that increases the probablity of a response.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Any behaviour that threatens or intimidates other people.

DSM-IV-TR

The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

ECPHORY

When a past event is remembered with a trigger.

EMOTIONAL DETERIORATION

Emotional state of carelessness towards ourselves and othwr people.

EMPATHY

Understanding a person from their frame of reference so we know where they are coming them.

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.

LETHARGY

a state of low energy and de-motivated behaviour.

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