Category: D

In psychotherapy, a therapeutic process in which the subject learns to recognize the control reality distorting cognitions that cause depression.  

A structure in women homologous to the male’s prostate gland.  

An object or event outside of the person as contrasted to the proximal stimulus.    

Cognitive dissonance: dissonance.  

A mismatch between a child’s attributes and situational features, consonance of child attributes.  

Cognitive dissonance.  

A feeling of uncertainty that occurs when a person believes two equally attractive but opposite ideas, cognitive dissonance. In social psychology, the term “cognitive dissonance” is used to describe a state that occurs when an individual has minimal awareness of any discord, disagreement, or conflict within themselves. This state arises when a person holds conflicting…

Divorce in which there is no fault.  

A neurosis caused by overwhelming anxiety characterized by disorganization of the personality is an attempt to repress unacceptable or painful episodes in life. The common forms of are amnesia, fugue, and multiple personality. The psychological defense mechanism known as “dissociation” involves a person perceiving distressing ideas or events, such as experiencing assault, in an abnormally…

Social codes that differ form those of society.