Glossary D

Deutsch: Tür / Español: Puerta / Português: Porta / Français: Porte / Italiano: Porta

Door in psychology is a metaphor often used to represent barriers, opportunities, and transitions. It can symbolize the threshold between different states of mind, experiences, or stages in life. Psychologists might use the concept of a "door" to help patients understand personal boundaries, opportunities for change, or the process of moving from one mental state to another.

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Door-in-the-face technique refers to the method for achieving compliance in which a certain request is preceded by a much larger one.

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Dopamine refers to neurotransmitter whose generalized function is to activate other neurotransmitters and to aid in exploratory and pleasure-seeking behaviors (thus balancing serotonin ). A relative excess of Dopamine is implicated in Schizophrenia. Deficit of Dopamine is involved in Parkinson’s disease.

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Dopamine hypothesis refers to the biological hypothesis that the delusions, hallucinations, and attentional deficits of schizophrenia result from overactivity of neurons that communicate with each other via the transmission of dopamine.

Dopamine hypothesis of Schizophrenia refers to the proposal that Schizophrenia is due to excess activity at certain Dopamine synapses.

Dopamine transporter refers to membrane protein that enables the presynaptic neuron to reabsorb Dopamine after releasing it

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Doppelganger is a German word which literally means "double goer" and refers to a ghostly counterpart or double of a living person.

Dormancy refers to a state of non activity during which sleep brain waves cannot be detected.

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