EXCITEMENT
An emotional state of enthusiasm, eagerness and anticipation. Compare excitation.
EXPLICIT PREJUDICE
The prejudice against a social group by a person that may or may not be expressed. Compare explicit prejudice.
LIFE SATISFACTION
the degree which adults (typically) find the lives they lead rich, meaningful, full or of a generally high quality. Improving…
MALADAPTATION
A condition where- biological, psychological, behavioural and/or defence mechanisms are detrimental to the survival and reproduction of a species.
MATCHING LAW
states that proportion of responses to an allocated to an alternative will match the proportion of reinforcement obtains from that…
MENTAL HEALTH
is defined by the World Health Organisation as: A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely…
MINDFULNESS
is the awareness and ability to comprehend ones own self of existence in society and their surroundings - the binary…
MORAL CODE
is a set of rules or a code of conduct which governs how an individual should act within a community…
NARCOTIC 1
is a drug which stimulates a state of stupor or insensibility within an individual, typically they have been used as…
NEURAL PATHWAY
describes any route which is followed by a nerve impulse which travels through either the central or peripheral nerve fibres…
OVERDETERMINATION
with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the idea postulating that many unconscious facets might mix to generate one symptom, dream, dysfunction,…
PEER GROUP
a set of people who share at least one trait, like age, profession, education, cultural status, or economic status.
PERSONALITY DISINTEGRATION
a swift breakdown in character, cohesion, and operating, generally due to specifically distressing life scenarios.
PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL
features of arousal reflected by physiological reactions, like escalations in blood pressure and rate of respiration and lessened activity of…
DELAYED EFFECT
An effect that is not seen until some time after the event. See causal latency- remote cause.
DIFFUSION OF RESPONSIBILITY
The lessening of responsibility by individuals in a group situation or social collective.