Glossary T

Glossary T

TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) refers to a projective personality test in which test-takers are shown pictures and asked to tell stories; a projective technique that purports to reveal patients' personality characteristics by interpreting the stories they produce in response to a series of pictures.

Tat-for-Tat strategy a means of encouraging cooperation by at first acting cooperatively but then always responding the way your opponent did (cooperatively or competitively) on the previous trial

Tau refers to a protein that normally helps maintain the internal support structure of the axons.

Taxes refers to the behaviour that involves movement to or away from a stimulus.

taxonomy refers to the system of naming and classification in science.

Taxonomy of success and failure attributions refers to the types of internal and external attributions we can make about a person's performance—for example, success or failure

Tricyclic anti-depressants

TD is the abbreviations of Tardive Dyskinesia that refers to a neurological disorder that sometimes develops as a side effect of long-term treatment with neuroleptic/antipsychotic medications. It consist of abnormal, involuntary body movements caused by certain medicines. It is usually associated with long-term use of medicines for treating schizophreniaand other psychotic disorders. Moreover, TD refers to a a syndrome characterized by abnormal involuntary movements of the patient's face, mouth, trunk, or limbs, which affects 20%–30% of patients who have been treated for months or years with neuroleptic medications. Patients who are older, are heavy smokers, or have Diabetes mellitus are at higher risk of developing TD.