Glossary D

Glossary D

Dream processes refer to mental filters that hide the true meanings of dreams.

Dream symbols refer to images in dreams that serve as visible signs of hidden ideas, desires, impulses, emotions, relationships, a

Dream work refers to the mechanism that distorts the meaning of a dream, thereby making it more tolerable to the dreamer. (See also Condensation and Displacement.)

Dreaming is defined by the following philosophers as: (1) For Plato, the manifestation of numerous irrational impulses that, while awake, would be under rational control. (2) For Aristotle,

Deutsch: Kleidung / Español: Vestimenta / Português: Vestuário / Français: Vêtement / Italiano: Abbigliamento

Dress in the context of psychology refers to the clothing choices individuals make and how these choices affect their behavior, self-perception, and interactions with others. The psychological study of dress encompasses various aspects, including identity, social status, mood, and cultural norms.

Drift refers to the tendency for observers in behavioral studies to stray from the definitions they learned during training and to develop their own idiosyncratic definitions of behaviors.

Deutsch: Antrieb / Español: Impulso / Português: Impulso / Français: Impulsion / Italiano: Impulso /

Drive refers to a physiological state of tension such as hunger, sex, or elimination that motivates an individual to perform actions to reduce the tension.

Drive for thinness refers to a motivational variable underlying dieting and body image, among young females in particular, whereby the individual believes that losing more weight is the ans