JUVENILE PARESIS
A brain disorder caused by congenital syphilis.In the juvenile form of paresis the spirochete infection is transmitted from mother to…
JAMES, WILLIAM (1842-1910)
James, probably America’s most influential psychologist, was born of an eminent family in New York City and studied in Switzerland…
JANET, PIERRE MARIE FELIX (1859-1947)
Janet, one of the first systematic students of neurosis, was bom and raised in Paris, and studied at the University…
JARGONAPHASIA
Unintelligible speech in which correct words are intermingled with words that are completely out of context; the use of words…
JOINT COMMISSION ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND HEALTH
In 1955, Congress passed the Mental Health Study Act, which directed the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health to…
JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875-1961)
Born in Kesswil, Switzerland, Jung came from a long line of physicians and theologians. Before concentrating on the study of…
JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND; Differential or Difference Threshold)
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be reliably detected.The external world comes to us in the form of…
JAPANESE MANAGEMENT
management style in Japan in the 1980s stressing continuous improvement in quality, cnsensus decision making and acute inventory systems
JOB CRITERION
The standard criteria used for evaluating employees' performance on a specific job; it consists of supervisor's ratings of employees' performance,…
JONESTOWN MASS SUICIDE
A small group of members attacked and killed members of a congressional fact finding delegation from the United States, Jones…
JUST NOTICEABLE DURATION
the duration for a comparison stimulus that is perceptibly shorter or longer than the duration of a standard stimulus.
JOB DESCRIPTION
an official job representation created by a company's personnel department to individuals applying or holding a specific job. Although formats…
JOST'S LAW
the principle that the newer of two associations of equal strength will show more loss over time than will the…
JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX (JI)I)
a 72-item instrument measuring employees' attitudes in areas such as work, pay, supervision, promotions and coworkers.
JOB-CHARACTERISTICS MODEL
A model that tries to characterize the basic parametres of a job.