Glossary D

Dream work refers to the mechanism that distorts the meaning of a dream, thereby making it more tolerable to the dreamer. (See also Condensation and Displacement.)

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Dreaming is defined by the following philosophers as: (1) For Plato, the manifestation of numerous irrational impulses that, while awake, would be under rational control. (2) For Aristotle,

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Deutsch: Kleidung / Español: Vestimenta / Português: Vestuário / Français: Vêtement / Italiano: Abbigliamento

Dress in the context of psychology refers to the clothing choices individuals make and how these choices affect their behavior, self-perception, and interactions with others. The psychological study of dress encompasses various aspects, including identity, social status, mood, and cultural norms.

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Drift refers to the tendency for observers in behavioral studies to stray from the definitions they learned during training and to develop their own idiosyncratic definitions of behaviors.

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Deutsch: Antrieb / Español: Impulso / Português: Impulso / Français: Impulsion / Italiano: Impulso /

Drive refers to a physiological state of tension such as hunger, sex, or elimination that motivates an individual to perform actions to reduce the tension.

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Drive for thinness refers to a motivational variable underlying dieting and body image, among young females in particular, whereby the individual believes that losing more weight is the ans

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Drive reduction refers to Hull's proposed mechanism of reinforcement. For Hull anything that reduces a drive is reinforcing.

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- Drive reduction theory : Drive reduction theory proposed that an event is reinforcing to the extent that it is associated with a reduction in some type of physiological drive.

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