programmed practice

the homework component of in vivo exposure, in which a client directly confronts feared stimuli outside of therapeutic sessions. Programmed practice is used as a concomitant strategy to the primary treatment with the therapist, and clients often are instructed to keep a behavioral diary of all self-directed exposure practice. Some practitioners and researchers, however, use the term more generally as a synonym of exposure therapy itself.

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October 18th 2024

social representation

a system, model, or code for unambiguously naming and organizing values, ideas, and conduct, which enables communication and social exchange (i.e., at the levels of language and behavior) among members of a particular group or community. [term coined and theory elaborated by Romanian-born French psychologist Serge Moscovici (1925– )]