Substance Abuse Disorders

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NEGATIVE EMOTION

is usually an unpleasant or unhappy emotion which is evoked in individuals to express a negative affect towards an event

NONDIRECTIVE APPROACH

a technique in psychotherapy and counseling wherein the client controls the path of therapy by displaying their own emotions, stating

OBSERVER DRIFT

gradual step-by-step alterations over time in the observations and documenting of observations made by a specific viewer.

ORGANIZATIONAL HUMANISM

an approach to bettering organizational efficacy based upon the presumption that efficacy is improved if organizational partakers can reach a

OVERT BEHAVIOR

behavior which is graphic, that meaning, viewable sans tools or expertise.

PASTORAL COUNSELING

a type of counseling or psychotherapy wherein knowledge and standards stemming from the disciplines of theology and the behavioral sciences

PERFORMANCE

noun. 1. any activity or gathering of reactions which leads to an outcome or has an impact on the surroundings.

PHANEROTHYME

a word founded by British author Aldous Huxley to depict the impact of mind-altering drugs.

DENIAL

Part of defence mechanisms to put away unpleasant thoughts and wishes from our conscious awarenes.. Also called disavowal.

DIAGNOSTICITY

The value of information gained from an interaction, feedback or event by a person seeking self-knowledge.

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

The approach to conselling that follows a line relevant to the client. Also called directive psychotherapy.

DISORGANIZED SPEECH

Incoherent speech. See metonymic distortion- neologism- paralogia.

DOUBLE BLIND

An experimental procedure where the nature of the experiment is not known. See blind. Compare single blind- triple blind.

DYSSOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Former name for any behaviour associated with delinquent or criminal activities like racketeering, gangsterism and illegal gambling. Also called sociopathic

EMITTED BEHAVIOR

The natural response to a circumstance not influence by external stimuli. Compare respondent behaviour.

EMOTIONAL STABILITY

The consistency and predictability of emotional reactions. Compare affective lability.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION

A way to improve the well-being of people by changing living conditions.

ETHNOPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Where issues related to ethnic and cultural variations in using and response to psychoative agents is considered.

EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESIS

The premise describing what the experimenter hopes to achieve.

EXTINCTION

1. Biology. Loss of a species or genus completely or in a certain environment. 2. Neurophysiology. A decrease in a