remotivation

n. intervention aimed at increasing the likelihood that a person will cooperate with and benefit from treatment. It includes efforts directed toward stimulating withdrawn patients in psychiatric hospitals, such as by involving them in poetry-reading groups or conversation groups in which a bridge to reality is established by discussing current topics.

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November 25th 2024

principle of recency

see recency effect.