Substance Abuse Disorders

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DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

A facility able to evaluate a person's condition.

DIRECT COPING

The active and focused confrontation and management of a tressful situation.

DISORDER

A group of systems that can involve abnormal behaviour, intense or persistent stress or the disruption of a function. See

DIVORCE

The legal dissolution of a marriage. See emotional divorce.

DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY

1. Any system of psychology that looks at drive and motivation. 2. Theory of psychology emphasising causation and motivation relating

EGOCENTRIC SPEECH

Speech not directed at others or where there is no attempt to change thoughts or to take into account another

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence involving the ability to process emotional information. See quotient.

ENABLER

The person who passively permits or unwittingly encourages negative behaviour.

ESTABLISHING OPERATION

Any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a punisher or reinforcer.

EXPECTANCY EFFECT

The effect of a person's expectations about another person's behaviour on the behaviour of the person. See experimenter expectancy effect.

EXTERNAL VALIDITY

The extent that research can be generalized beyond the results to other situations or people.

LIFESTYLE

the way in which a group or individual prefers to live which then becomes characteristic of that group or person.

MANIPULATION

The conscious and deliberate misleading of an individual by another individual either directly or indirectly in order to achieve a

MEDIATED GENERALIZATION

is when a conditioned response is actioned by a stimuli which is entirely different from but still associated with the

MENTORING

is the communication of knowledge between two people typically on a one to one basis between a mentor and their

MITIGATING FACTOR

is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a

MOTIVE

is a reason which is offered as an explanation for a specific behaviour or act completed by an individual.

NEGATIVE ADAPTATION

is the gradual loss of feeling or effectiveness due to prolonged stimulation.

NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established

OBJECTIVE TEST

an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of