FREE-FLOATING ATTENTION
Found in psychoanalysis and in other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the analyst's or therapist's state of evenly suspended attention during…
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
1. Assessment to identify circumstances and consequences associated with a certain behaviour. Defined in measurable terms. Used to design treatments…
GENDER BIAS
This covers a variety of biases that relate to the differential treatment of males and females. May be unwarranted assumptions…
GRADUATED AND RECIPROCATED INITIATIVES IN TEN
Approach to intergroup conflict reduction that encourages the parties to communicate cooperative intentions, engage in behaviours that are consistent with…
GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)
Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…
INTERPERSONAL TRUST
this is the confidence a person or group of people has in relying on another person or group. The degree…
INTROPUNITIVE
Hostility internally, blame and truning anger against the self. Se self accusation. Compare ex I rapuni itvf. Intropunitiveness n
KIRTON ADAPTION-INNOVATION INVENTORY (KAI)
It is designed to measure creativity, cognitive style and the degree to which individuals are adaptive, innovative or a range…
FAMILY COUNSELING
is one of the various types of counselling whereby parents, or even other family members, work with trained individual's such…
FOCAL PATHOLOGY
the term that is applied to the study of changes in body tissues and organs that are involved in a…
FUNCTIONAL DISTANCE
the degree to which an arrangement of residential faculties will influence the probability of any unplanned social interactions by the…
GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION
the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho
INTERPRETATION
Psychotherapy. Explanation by therapist ion terms meaningful to the person and their issues, behaviours or feelings. Made along the lines…
INTROSPECTION
Attempting to access one's own internal psychological processes directly, perceptions, judgements or states. Introspective ailj
KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal…
FAMILY THERAPY
involves the whole family becoming involved in the counselling process, instead of focussed efforts looking at a single individual, indeed,…
FOCUS GROUP
group of about 12 people with common characteristics who have been selected to discuss a topic. A leader starts the…