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A Mind Odyssey

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TAYLOR

DESCRIBED EIDETIC IMAGES

 

 

THOMAS AND CHESS

9 CATEGORIES OF TEMPERAMENT

1. ACTIVITY LEVEL

2. BIOLOGICAL

3. NEW SITUATIONS

4. ADAPTABILITY

5. RESPONSE TO STIMULI

6. INTENSITY OF REACTION

7. QUALITY OF MOOD

8. DISTRACTABILITY

9. ATTENTION SPAN

EASY CHILD

DIFFICULT CHILD

SLOW TO WARM UP CHILD

THORNDIKE

LAW OF EFFECT

Vol. Behaviour paired w reward is strengthtened.usually by trial and error learning.

Hungry cats in a puzzle learned by trial and error.

 

 

THRUSTONE

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

DICHOTOMOUS SCALE FOR MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDE

 

 

TOKEN TEST

TEST OF LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION OF PROGRESSIVELY DIFFICULT COMMANDS

 

 

TOURETTE

 

 

TUKE

 

THE YORK RETREAT

 

 

Tactile (haptic) hallucination

superficial somatic hallucination

 

 

Talking past the point (vorbeirden)

point of what is being said is never quite reached

 

 

Thought blocking

sudden interruption in the train of thought, leaving a 'blank'

 

Thought broadcasting

delusional belief that one's thoughts are being 'read' by others as if they were being broadcast

 

Thought insertion

delusional belief that thoughts are being inserted into one's mind by an external agency

 

 

Thought withdrawal

 

delusional belief that thoughts are being removed

Tics

 

repeated, irregular movements involving a muscle group

Trailing phenomenon - moving objects are seen as a series of discrete discontinuous images. It is associated with hallucinogens

 

 

Transference

unconscious process in which emotions and attitudes experienced in childhood are transferred to the therapist

 

 from multiple sources including lecture notes