Glossary I

Glossary I

In-patient refers to a person who has been admitted at least overnight to a hospital or other health facility for the purpose of receiving diagnostic treatment or other health services.

In the context of psychology, the term "inability" refers to a lack of ability or capacity to do something. This can refer to physical or cognitive abilities, such as being unable to walk due to a physical disability or being unable to remember information due to a cognitive impairment. Inability can also refer to a lack of skill or knowledge, such as being unable to play a musical instrument or speak a foreign language.

Inactive schemas are cognitive schemas that are triggered by special or unusual events.

Inadvertent modeling is defines as the unplanned adoption of behaviors exhibited by the clinician on the part of the client. Please see also Intentional modeling.

Inappropriate affect refers to the extent to which a person's Emotional expressiveness fails to correspond to the content of what is being discussed.

Inappropriate Affect is likewi

Inappropriate fee assessment refers to an ethical "hotspot” that suggests clinicians need to be vigilant about how they charge for services they render.

Inappropriate sleep episodes refer to periods of sleep that are not planned and often occur in an unsafe situation (i.e., while driving).

Inattentional blindness refers to the Failure to perceive a stimulus that is in plain view, but not the focus of attention.

Inattentional Blindness is the phenomenon of not perceiv