Psychology

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• hierarchical

  hierarchy refers to various concepts that involve ranked or structured systems, eg. maslow's hierarchy of needs( model). it is a model for understanding the motivations for human behaviour.
• hindbrain

  hind-brain is the lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata.
• holism

  holism is a perspective in psychology that emphasizes the interconnectedness and interdependence of different aspects of human behaviour and the mind. it views individuals as complex systems where various factors, such as cognition, emotion, and culture, interact to shape behaviour and mental processes
• holistic

  holism is a perspective in psychology that emphasizes the interconnectedness and interdependence of different aspects of human behaviour and the mind. it views individuals as complex systems where various factors, such as cognition, emotion, and culture, interact to shape behaviour and mental processes
• holistic approach

  a holistic approach means to provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs. the support should also consider their physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing.
• homophobia

  homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
• homozygous

  individuals carrying two identical alleles (rr or rr) are known as homozygous.
• hostility

  hostility has been defined as a negative attitude towards others consisting of enmity, denigration, and ill will
• humanism

  humanism is a perspective that emphasizes looking at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization
• humanistic psychology

  humanistic psychology is a holistic approach in psychology that focuses on the whole person. humanists believe that a person is in the process of becoming, which places the conscious human experience as the nucleus of psychological establishment.
• human evolutionary design

  is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. it seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evolved to solve.
• hyperactive attention deficit disorder This is incorrect. Must be Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

  adhd is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. it is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood.
• hypnosis

  hypnosis is a changed state of awareness and increased relaxation that allows for improved focus and concentration. it also is called hypnotherapy. hypnosis usually is done with the guidance of a health care provider using verbal repetition and mental images
• hypochondria.

  illness anxiety disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. it is also known as health anxiety, or illness anxiety disorder, or hypochondriasis.
• hypothetico-deductive reasoning

  Piaget stated that "hypothetico-deductive reasoning" becomes important during the formal operational stage. this type of thinking involves hypothetical "what-if" situations that are not always rooted in reality, i.e. counterfactual thinking. it is often required in science and mathematics.
• hypoxia

  hypoxia is a state in which oxygen is not available in sufficient amounts at the tissue level to maintain adequate homeostasis / this can result from inadequate oxygen delivery to the tissues either due to low blood supply or low oxygen content in the blood (hypoxemia).
• hysteria / neurosis

  a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral sense)
• id

  one of the freud’s structure of personality, the id is entirely unconscious and houses instincts and libido.
• idealisation

  a defence mechanism that involves a mental mechanism in which the person attributes exaggeratedly positive qualities to the self or others.
• idealisation of personality

  idealization is a psychological or mental process of attributing overly positive qualities to another person or thing. 2 it's a way of coping with anxiety in which an object or person of ambivalence is viewed as perfect, or as having exaggerated positive qualities.
• identity

  the fact of being who or what a person is.
• imitation

  imitation is the reproduction or performance of an act that is stimulated by the perception of a similar act by another animal or person.
• immediacy

  immediacy is the ability of the counsellor / helper to use the immediate situation to invite the client to look at what is going on between them in the relationship.
• indigenisation

  indigenisation is the process of making the discipline sensitive to cultural nuances and social reality.
• indigenous knowledge system (iks)

  the practices and knowledge that indigenous (local) communities develop over generations to survive in the environment