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AUTO-OBSERVATION [4 records]

Record 1 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

Small floating spots, entoptically observed on viewing a bright uniform field, such as the sky, and seen to flit away with attempted fixation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Sensation visuelle due à l'auto-observation, à l'intérieur de l'œil, de reliquats de structures embryonnaires flottant dans le vitré.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Sensation visuelle [...] due à l'auto-observation, à l'intérieur de l'œil, de reliquats de structures embryonnaires flottant dans le vitré et ayant l'apparence de taches en mouvement sur un fond uniformément clair.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

The systematic observation of one's own behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Psychologie scolaire
CONT

L'auto-observation est un moyen efficace de stimuler et de motiver l'enfant en lui faisant prendre conscience de son comportement. Souvent, le simple fait de prendre en note son comportement encourage l'enfant ou l'adolescent à s’améliorer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Psicología clínica
  • Psicología educacional
CONT

Autoobservación implica el grado más elevado de participación en la observación, ya que el observador es a la vez sujeto y objeto. Observa y es un elemento del conjunto observado. [...] La autoobservación es la técnica utilizada cuando un observador estudia la realidad social a través de su propia conciencia. [...] La autoobservación suprime intermediarios.

Key term(s)
  • auto-observación
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Record 4 1996-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A form of cognitive therapy in which individuals replace negative, anxious statements with more positive and realistic statements. For example, an individual with panic disorder who believes that he or she is dying during a panic attack, might be instructed to say to his or herself, "I have felt this way many times before and have never died."

OBS

Related term: coping strategies.

CONT

Inducing adaptive coping self-statements in children with learning disabilities through self-instruction training ... Effect of social context on the impact of coping self-statements ... [Source: PASCAL database].

Key term(s)
  • coping self statement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Termes connexes : journal d’auto-évaluation, inventaire d’auto-observation, attitude de faire face à la peur, capacité de faire face.

Spanish

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