Glossary D

Delay of gratification refers to the exertion of will power in order to resist the strong immediate pull or temptation of something desirable.

Delayed conditioning refers to conditioning procedure in which the onset of the NS precedes the onset of the US, and the two (2) stimuli overlap.

Deutsch: Verzögerte Ejakulation / Español: Eyaculación retardada / Português: Ejaculação retardada / Français: Éjaculation retardée / Italiano: Eiaculazione ritardata

Delayed ejaculation in the psychology context refers to a sexual dysfunction characterized by a man's difficulty or inability to achieve ejaculation, despite sufficient sexual arousal and stimulation. This Condition can be distressing and may affect a person's sexual satisfaction and emotional well-being.

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Deutsch: Aufgeschobene Befriedigung, Español: Gratificación demorada, Português: Gratificação tardia, Français: Gratification différée, Italiano: Gratificazione ritardata

Delayed gratification is the psychological process of resisting an immediate pleasure or reward in favor of a larger, more enduring, or more valuable reward later on. It's a key component of self-control and willpower, essential for achieving long-term goals.

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Delayed grief reactions refer to one of the four (4) types of Complicated grief reactions identified by Worden (2002) in which grief at the time of the loss in inhibited, supressed, or posponed, not surfacing again until later, when it most often appears as an excessive reaction to a subsequent loss or other trigerring event.

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Delayed matching to sample or DMTC refers to a method of measuring forgetting in which the opportunity to match a sample follows a retention interval.

Delayed matching-to-sample task is a task in which an animal sees a sample object and then after a delay must choose an object that matches the sample

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Delayed pairing is a term used in Classical conditioning which is the presentation of the CS before the US, with both ending simultaneously. Please see Backward pairing, Simultaneous pairing, Trace pairing.

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