TALKING IT OUT
The free verbal expression of feelings and emotions“Talking it out,” in the usual sense of giving vent to what is…
TAY-SACHS DISEASE
A rare metabolic disorder characterized by an accumulation of lipid (fat) in the nerve cells of the brain, resulting in…
THORNDIKE, EDWARD LEE (1874- 1949)
Thorndike, a pioneer in educational psychology, was bom in Massachusetts, and received his B.A. degree at Wesleyan, his M.A. at…
TOTAL PUSH THERAPY
A supportive approach originated by Abraham Myerson for the treatment of chronic schizophrenics and other patients confined to mental institutions.To…
TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
A form of group psychotherapy originated by Eric Berne, which focuses attention on characteristic interactions between individuals and the “games”…
TRANSVESTISM (or) TRANSVESTI- TISM
A sexual deviation in which the individual dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex, usually for the purpose of…
TALION LAW
These terms refer to the idea of punishment or retaliation in kind: the “lex talionis.” This is the primitive and…
TECHNOLOGICAL GATEKEEPER
an organizational or group role which consists of channeling data regarding technological innovations into the establishment from the outside. Individuals…
TELEGRAPHIC SPEECH
1. concentrated or abbreviated speech wherein only the most central terms, postulating the greeted level of data, are stated. Nouns…
TEMPORAL APPRAISAL THEORY
a design postulating that individual's assessments of themselves in the past are generally more negative than their present assessments of…
TEMPORAL SUMMATION
a neural mechanism wherein an urge is propagated by two consecutive postsynaptic potentials neither of which is effective or intense…
TERMINAL BEHAVIOR
1. with regard to free-operant conditioning under interval-based reinforcement, actions that are predominant within the time briefly prior to reinforcement…
THALAMIC TASTE AREA
the region of the thalamus which transmits taste data from the solitary nucleus to the main taste cortex. About one…
THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR
a theory which is similar to the theory of reasoned action but also integrates the construct of perceived behavioral control,…