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Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions.

A personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting excessively high performance standards, accompanied by overly c…

Anxiety related to the execution of a task. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 9th ed.)

The attitude that grants freedom of expression and activity to another individual, but not necessarily with sanction or approval.

A nondirective psychotherapy approach originated by Carl Rogers. The goals of therapy are to promote the client’s congruence, self awareness, and sel…

Self-directing freedom and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autonomy of persons ought to be respected. (Bioethics T…

A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or…

The individual's experience of a sense of fulfillment of a need or want and the quality or state of being satisfied.

Invisible boundaries surrounding the individual's body which are maintained in relation to others.

Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.

The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement…

Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence.

Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks.

Standardized objective tests designed to facilitate the evaluation of personality.

Mental attitude that interprets life events as generally being negative.

A subjective visual sensation with the eyes closed and in the absence of light. Phosphenes can be spontaneous, or induced by chemical, electrical, or…

A behavioral change that results in an organism moving or orienting toward or away from the light source.

The reciprocal interaction of physicians and nurses.

The interactions between physician and patient.

The expected function of a member of the medical profession.

Involuntary erection or bristling of hairs.

SMOKING by use of a narrow conveying tube which feeds from an open cavity where smoked product is loaded and burned.

The ability to differentiate sound frequency or pitch.

A dimension of auditory sensation varying with cycles per second of the sound stimulus.

A treatment technique utilizing play as a medium for expression and communication between patient and therapist.

Sensation of enjoyment or gratification.

The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.

Positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event.

The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings--administrative, social, academic, etc.

Performance of an act one or more times, with a view to its fixation or improvement; any performance of an act or behavior that leads to learning.