Glossary D

Glossary D

Distributive justice is defined as the perceived fairness of the decisions made in an organization; perceived fairness of the distribution of rights and resources.

Disulfiram which is known popularly as Antabuse is a medication used in the treatment of alcoholism that inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and causes severe physical reactions when combined with alcohol.

Disuse supersensitivity refers to increased sensitivity by a post-synaptic cell because of decreased input by incoming axons.

Diurnal being awake and active during the day or daylight hours but asleep during the night or sleeping during the nightime.

A Divergent question is defined as a question that has more than one acceptable answer.

Divergent thinking is defined as thinking that produces many ideas or alternatives; thinking that requires a variety of ideas or solutions to a problem when there is no one correct answer; free and fluent association to the elements of a problem; a major element in original or creative thought. Divergent thinking is when one person tries to generate a diverse assortment of possible alternative solutions to a problem. Likewise, it is thinking in novel and unusual directions

Divergent validity is defined as a type of validity demonstrated by using two (2) different methods to measure two (2) different constructs. Then convergent validity must be shown for each of the two (2) constructs. Finally, there should be little or no relationship between the scores obtained for the two (2) different constructs when they are measured by the same method.

Diversity or workplace diversity refers to the valuing, and effective management of the ethnic, socio-economic, and gender variety or diversity within an organization?s workforce and amon