ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT
The continued committment and allocation of resources to a course of action that is failing in the hope of recouping…
EXPRESSED EMOTION (EE)
Negative emotions that are expressed by family members to the person with a mental or emotional disorder.
LIFE SPACE
a representation of the factors affecting an individuals life. These factors include environmental, biological, social and psychological factors which can…
MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (MBHO)
a body of professionals which specialize in the organisation, management, administration and provision of health care benefits of health organizations.
MATURATION HYPOTHESIS
is the theory that some behaviours and genetics are hereditary whereas some arise after the full maturation of organs in…
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
a qualified professional who is licensed to provide counselling either independently or as part of a treatment team.
MINIMIZATION
is the process of cognitive distortion which usually manifests itself as underestimating the importance and relevance of events to oneself…
MORAL THERAPY
was a type of therapy seen in the 19th century which believed that a person considered insane could be helped…
NATURAL WORK TEAM
consists of a team of individuals who work together or work in complementary roles to complete a task.
NEUROCRINE
describes neurones which secrete agonists such as neurotransmitters at their synapses.
OBJECTIVE COMPETITIVE SITUATION
a scenario wherein at least one person analyzes the behavior of a person or group of people by comparing it…
OPPORTUNISTIC SAMPLING
the choosing of participants or other sampling factors for an experiment or questionnaire essentially because they're readily available.
OVERGENERALIZATION
noun. 1. a mental skewing wherein a person sees a sole occurrence as an invariable rule, so that, for instance,…
PARTICIPANT
noun. an individual who participates in an investigation, analysis, or experiment, for instance by performing jobs mandated by the experimenter…
PEER PRESSURE
the impact exerted by a peer group on its separate members to fit in with or conform to group expectations…
PERSONALITY INVENTORY
a character evaluation tool which generally contains a sequence of statements covering multiple different characteristics and behavioral trends to which…
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
assessment of the functioning state of the body, an organ, or a tissue, inclusive of chemical and physical aspects and…
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
behavior that is unlike the majority of a healthy human population- behaviors which could pose a threat to one's livelihood…
ACTIVATION THEORY OF EMOTION
the theory that feeling is measurable as a form of variation in a person's degree of fuel output (for example,…