James t webb dabrowskis overexcitabilities test
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James t webb dabrowskis overexcitabilities test
Overexcitability
Psychology term
Overexcitability is a term introduced to current psychology by Kazimierz Dąbrowski as part of his theory of positive disintegration (TPD). Overexcitability is a rough translation of the Polish word 'nadpobudliwość', which is more accurately translated as 'superstimulatability' in English.
“The prefix over attached to ‘excitability’ serves to indicate that the reactions of excitation are over and above average in intensity, duration and frequency."[1]
In his book Positive Disintegration,[2] Dąbrowski uses the terms "hyperexcitability", "increased excitability", "overexcitability" and simply "excitability".
He uses these terms interchangeably with nervousness.
Dąbrowski introduces these terms to describe a heightened physiological experience of stimuli resulting from increased neuronal sensitivities. He describes those who have hyperexcitability as showing "strength and perseveration of reactions incommensurate to their s