Couple Therapy Glossary
Couple Therapy Glossary P-T
- panic disorder - Any disorder involving panic/fear.
- paranoia - Excessive fear.
- paxil - An anti-depressant.
- pragmatics - Words & body languages functions in a social interaction.
- prognosis - Future result approximation.
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy.
- psychology - The science of behavior, mental, and how humans think and feel.
- psychiatrists - A medical doctors who specializes in Mental Health.
- reactivity effects - Different behavior than usually, it happen because get noticed.
- reflex - automatic reaction in response to external stimuli.
- reinforcement - Consistency that increase behavior frequency.
- reinforcer - A stimulus event that increases the probability that the response that immediately preceded it will occur again.
- reliability - The degree to which a test can be repeated with the same results.
- self-concept - The way(mental image) one thinks of oneself.
- self-esteem - The degree to which people make about how worthy they are as human beings
- self-help - Try to help the self.
- self-reinforcement - Give reinforcement for the self after do task.
- sexual dysfunction - Any form of sexual problem that involve sexual motivation, arousal, or orgasmic response.
- sexual orientation - Gender preference.
- shock - Deeply grief when faced with a trauma.
- short-term memory (STM) - Memory for recent events or limited time.
- social phobia - An anxiety disorder involving strong, irrational fears relating to social interactions.
- stimulant - Drug that has the ability to increase mental activity.
- stress - Feel bad when adjusting to circumstances that disrupt.
- stress-management - Techniques to manage/reduce stress.
- stressors - Any problems to which people must solve.
- talk therapy - Verbal counseling.
- temperament - An individual's basic disposition/personality.
