TELE- (TEL-)
combining type: 1. distant or spanning a distance. 2. telephone, telegraph, telegram, or television.
TELEPHONE COUNSELING
1. a technique of remedying and coping with the difficulties of patients via telephone. The abilities for such are inclusive…
TEMPERAMENT THEORY
the belief postulating that behavioral propensities are biologically rooted and exist from birth, cultivating the disposition of the individual.
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY
a form of epilepsy marked by repeating complex partial seizures rooted in the temporal lobe.
TERATOGENIC
eliciting developmental irregularities within a fetus. A teratogen is an agent or procedure which elicits such irregular or odd growth;…
TERRITORIAL AGGRESSION
the operation of defending a chosen space by provoking or threatening intruders of the same species.
TEST INTERPRETATION
the vocational, clinical, educational, or other practical implications rendered to a specific test score. These results are commonly drawn by…
TEXTURE PERCEPTION
interpretation of the exterior traits of an item or compound, commonly utilizing the haptic or visual senses.
THEATER OF SPONTANEITY
The procedure of playing improvised portions within the theater, which have not been practiced, and have proved to be not…
THEORY OF AGING
any of many hypotheses about the psychological, biological, or social elicitors of aging.
THERAPEUTIC ATMOSPHERE
surroundings of acceptance, empathic comprehension, and unrelenting positive regard wherein patients feel most free to speak and think about their…
THERAPIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
the union shaped within therapy between a psychotherapy professional and the patient receiving therapy. There has been a great deal…
THERMORECEPTOR
noun. 1. a receptor or sense organ which is turned on by temperature stimulus. 2. a portion of the CNS…
THORNDIKE-LORGE LIST
an formative and influential list of word frequencies within the English language, comprised in 1944. There have been a multitude…
TIC DISORDER
in the DSM-IV-TR, any one of a set of disorders marked by the occurrence, a multitude of times a day,…