Glossary D

Doctrine of specificity refers to a viewpoint shared by many social-learning theorists that holds that moral affect, moral reasoning, and moral behavior may depend on the situation one faces as much as or more than on an internalized set of moral principles.

Documentary Evidence means "tangible writings, pictures and audible sounds"

Documentation is defined as record-keeping, note-taking, monitoring, and notations of all client information that include pre-interview and intake materials, case notes, termination materials, and storage of records.

Documenting the attainment of goals refers to the third aspect of treatment planning. It provides the clinician with a tool to substantiate the work being done and confirm the efficacy of one’s work. It includes: showing what goals were set, what interventions were used, what milestones were reached along the way, and whether the goals were ultimately reached. Besides demonstrating that client needs are met, also provides support for third-party payments and safeguards in the case of liability challenges.

Dogmatism is defined as an unwarranted positiveness or certainty in matters of belief or opinion.

Dogmatist is a term which according to the Skeptics refers ti any person claiming to have arrived at an indisputable truth.

Doing refer to active behaviors such as walking, talking, runnung, writing or eating.

Domain specific capacities is defined as mental capacities or abilities that are useful for only one task or domain. For example, it would be Domain-specific capacity if the mental capacity responsible for language acquisition were used only to acquire language and nothing else.