Glossary D

Deutsch: Unzufriedenheit / Español: Descontento / Português: Descontentamento / Français: Mécontentement / Italiano: Discontento

Discontent in the psychology context refers to a feeling of dissatisfaction or unhappiness with one's circumstances, often stemming from unmet needs, desires, or expectations. It is a complex emotion that can influence an individual's thoughts, behaviors, and overall well-being. Discontent can arise from various sources, including personal achievements, relationships, work environment, or broader societal conditions.

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Discontinuity is defined as a condition that characterizes a culture when a child is either barred from activities that are open only to adults or forced to unlearn information or behaviors that are accepted in children but considered inappropriate for adults.

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Discontinuity effect refers to the markedly greater competitiveness of groups when interacting with other groups, relative to the competitiveness of individuals interacting with other individuals; when groups are more extreme, and usually more hostile, than individuals

Discontinuity of development refers to a theoretical position for explaining Development proposing that normal and abnormal developmental changes are abrupt and qualitative.

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Discontinuity with instability refers to the expectation and research finding that there is instability of individual differences in cognitive performance over time when the developmental function underlying performance is discontinuous and qualitative in nature.

Discontinuous constituents refer to a grammatical constituent in which some elements are separated, such as picked and up, as in the sentence "The mother picked the baby up.

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Discounting refers to underestimation of the effects of one cause of our behavior when another cause is conspicuous and salient

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Discounting means underestimating the effects of one cause of our behavior when another cause is conspicuous and salient.

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Deutsch: Diskontierungsprinzip / Español: Principio de descuento / Português: Princípio de desconto / Français: Principe de remise / Italiano: Principio dello sconto /

The Discounting principle refers to a rule of Attribution which states that the perceived role of a cause will be discounted or reduced if other plausible causes are also present.

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