Glossary W
Glossary W
withdrawal symptoms refer to physical or psychological symptoms such as convulsions, tremor, vomiting, insomnia, anxiety, muscle pain and sweating that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that produces physical dependence. It is a physical illness and discomfort following the withdrawal of a drug.
Withdrawn refers to a path to peer rejection in which children are shy and selfconscious.
Withdrawn-rejected children refer to a sub-group of rejected children who are usually passive, socially anxious, socially unskilled, and insensitive to peer-group expectations..
Within-subjects design refers to a research design in which the different groups of scores are all obtained from the same group of participants. It is a research paradigm in which the same experimental subjects participate in different experimental conditions. Moreover, it is a research design that uses each participant as his or her own control ; for example, the behavior of a participant before receiving treatment might be compared to his or her behavior after receiving treatment. Within-subjects design is allso known as Repeated-measures design.
Related Articles | |
Night terror at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Night terror is defined as a state of panic during NREM sleep. An experience of intense anxiety during . . . Read More | |
Anxiety Disorder at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Anxiety Disorder refers to a disorder in which the child experiences excessive and debilitating anxiety . . . Read More | |
Medical model at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Medical model refers to the view that abnormal behaviors result from physical problems and should be . . . Read More | |
Euphoria at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Euphoria refers to an exaggerated sense of well-being. It is the emotion of elationelevated mood. Euphoria . . . Read More | |
Aerophobia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Aerophobia refers to the fear of flying or fear of air. It is an abnormal fear of air and gases (particularly . . . Read More | |
Systematic desensitization at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
systematic desensitization refers to behavioral therapy technique to diminish excessive fears, involving . . . Read More | |
Anticipatory anxiety at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Anticipatory anxiety is defined as a fear of having a panic attackmay lead to the development of phobias. . . . Read More | |
Illusion at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Illusion refers to an abnormal perception caused by a sensory misinterpretation of and actual stimulus, . . . Read More | |
Neurotic anxiety at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Neurotic anxiety refers to anxiety that occurs when one is repeatedly prevented from expressing one's . . . Read More | |
Damnation at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Damnation in psychology refers to a deep and pervasive sense of condemnation, guilt, or self-reproach . . . Read More |