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A Mind Odyssey

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WALLER

FELT A.N. WAS A DEFENSE AGAINST UNCONSCIOUS FANTASIES OF ORAL IMPREGNATION

 

 

WATSON

BEHAVIOURAL TX

PIONEER OF BEHAVIORAL TX

FOCUSED ON OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOUR

LITTLE ALBERT

 

 

WEBER LAW

THE INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR 2 SOURSES TO BE DISCRIMINATED IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE BASELINE LEVEL.

 

 

WERTHEIMER

ASSOC WITH GESTAULT TX

 

 

WERNICKE

DESCRIBED OVERVALUED IDEAS

 

 

WESCHLER

VERBAL

VOCABULARY

ARITHMETIC

DIGIT SPAN

INFORMATION

COMPREHENSION

SIMILARITIES

PERFORMANCE

PICTURE COMPLETION

PICTURE ARRANGEMENT

OBJECT ASSEMBLY

DIGIT SYMBOL

BLOCK DESIGN

HIGH RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY.

WISC-R FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 15.

WPPSI FOR 6/12 TO 4-6 YEAR OLDS

WINNICOTT

THE INDEPENDENT GROUP

THE MOTHER BABY DYAD

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

MOTHERHOOD

CAPACITY TO BE ALONE

TRANSITIONAL OBJECT

THE HOLDING ENVIRONMENT

THE POTENTIAL SPACE

THE SQUIGGLE GAME

AT-ONE-MENT

PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION

REGRESSION TO DEPENDENCE

GOING ON BEING

OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY

IMPINGEMENT

OBJECT USAGE

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INFANT

THE STATEMENT MUST BE FOUND IN ORDER TO BE CREATED

 

 

WINOKUR

DEPRESSIVE SPECTRUM DISEASE

PURE DEPRESSIVE DISEASE

 

 

WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST

A FRONTAL LOBE FUNCTION TEST

 

 

WOLF

ANALYSIS IN THE GROUP WITH SCHWARTZ

 

 

WOLPE

SYSTEMATIC DESENSITISATION BASED ON RECIPRICAL INHIBITION.

Relaxation inhibits anxiety

RECIPRICAL INHIBITION;

IF A RESPONSE INCOMPATABLE W ANXIETY IS PRODUCED WHILE EXPOSED THE FEAR PESPONSE WOULD BE EXTINGUISHED

HABITUATION in ocd

Uses exposure and response prevention

Same as counterCONDITIONING

CHAINING

SHAPING

WYNNE

FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS VAGUE AND FRAGMENTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

HIM AND SINGER ALSO DESCRIBED DEVIANCES IN THE SPEECH OF PARENTS OF SCHIZOS.

 

Waxy flexibility (cerea flexibilitas)

a patient's movements have the feeling of a plastic resistance, as if the person was made of wax. Occurs in catatonic schizophrenia. The persons limbs can be placed in fixed positions

 

Word salad (schizophasia or speech confusion)

the speech is an incoherent and incomprehensible mix of words and phrases. Occurs in schizophrenia

 

 

from multiple sources including lecture notes