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Psychology Terms – Adjustment
The process of adaptation, particularly in psychology, referring to behavioral adaptation to a specific environment or set of circumstances.
The process of adaptation, particularly in psychology, referring to behavioral adaptation to a specific environment or set of circumstances.
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Psychology Terms – adjustment disorders
Adjustment disorders are a category of trauma- and stressor-related disorders in DSM-5, characterized by the emergence of clinically significant emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a specific psychosocial stressor (such as the end of a romantic relationship, significant business challenges, marital issues, a natural disaster, failure to achieve a crucial goal, or unemployment), resulting in greater distress than typically anticipated from the stressor and considerable impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
Adjustment disorders are a category of trauma- and stressor-related disorders in DSM-5, characterized by the emergence of clinically significant emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a specific psychosocial stressor (such as the end of a romantic relationship, significant business challenges, marital issues, a natural disaster, failure to achieve a crucial goal, or unemployment), resulting in greater distress than typically anticipated from the stressor and considerable impairment in social, occupational, or academic functioning.
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Psychology Terms - Adjustment method
. An alternative term for the *method of average error.
. An alternative term for the *method of average error.
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Psychology Terms – Adlerian
Pertaining to the psychoanalytic school known as individual psychology, established in 1911 by Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler (1870–1937).
Pertaining to the psychoanalytic school known as individual psychology, established in 1911 by Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler (1870–1937).
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Psychology Terms -Admissible alternative/strategy
In decision theory and game theory, an alternative or strategy that is not overshadowed by a dominating alternative/strategy.
In decision theory and game theory, an alternative or strategy that is not overshadowed by a dominating alternative/strategy.
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Psychology Terms -Adolescence
The developmental phase commencing with the onset of puberty and concluding with the achievement of adulthood, marked by the emergence of secondary sexual characteristics, typically occurring between the ages of 11 and 13, extending through the teenage years, and legally terminating at the age of majority, generally 18 years.
The developmental phase commencing with the onset of puberty and concluding with the achievement of adulthood, marked by the emergence of secondary sexual characteristics, typically occurring between the ages of 11 and 13, extending through the teenage years, and legally terminating at the age of majority, generally 18 years.
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Psychology Terms - Adolescent
. 1. An individual in the stage of adolescence. Adjective 2. Pertaining to, or characteristic of adolescence, or being in a state or phase of adolescence.
. 1. An individual in the stage of adolescence. Adjective 2. Pertaining to, or characteristic of adolescence, or being in a state or phase of adolescence.
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Psychology Terms - Adonis complex
The anxiety and uneasiness that boys and men have with their appearance or body image. In severe instances, the complex may fulfill the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder. The word was coined in 2000 by US psychiatrist Harrison G. Pope, Jr. (born 1947) in the title of his book, The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession.
The anxiety and uneasiness that boys and men have with their appearance or body image. In severe instances, the complex may fulfill the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder. The word was coined in 2000 by US psychiatrist Harrison G. Pope, Jr. (born 1947) in the title of his book, The Adonis Complex: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession.
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Psychology Terms - An adoption study
It is an investigation in behavior genetics that examines the correlations between adopted children and their biological or adoptive parents regarding a measurable trait. This study aims to estimate the heritability of that trait, based on the premise that a higher heritability corresponds to a stronger correlation with biological parents, while a lower heritability indicates a stronger correlation with adoptive parents. Since the late 1970s, certain adoption studies have investigated the correlations between biological and adoptive siblings residing in the same households. The premise is that if the heritability of a trait is substantial, the scores of biological children will exhibit a stronger correlation with those of other biological children, who share fifty percent of their genetic material, than with the scores of adoptive children, to whom they are not genetically linked. Conversely, if heritability is minimal, the opposite should be observed.
It is an investigation in behavior genetics that examines the correlations between adopted children and their biological or adoptive parents regarding a measurable trait. This study aims to estimate the heritability of that trait, based on the premise that a higher heritability corresponds to a stronger correlation with biological parents, while a lower heritability indicates a stronger correlation with adoptive parents. Since the late 1970s, certain adoption studies have investigated the correlations between biological and adoptive siblings residing in the same households. The premise is that if the heritability of a trait is substantial, the scores of biological children will exhibit a stronger correlation with those of other biological children, who share fifty percent of their genetic material, than with the scores of adoptive children, to whom they are not genetically linked. Conversely, if heritability is minimal, the opposite should be observed.
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Psychology Terms – ADP
ADP, an abbreviation for adenosine diphosphate, is a nucleotide molecule generated when stored energy is liberated from ATP by ATPase during muscle contractions or nerve impulse transmission.
ADP, an abbreviation for adenosine diphosphate, is a nucleotide molecule generated when stored energy is liberated from ATP by ATPase during muscle contractions or nerve impulse transmission.
