KINESTHETIC SENSE (Movement Sense)
Kinesthesis, literally “feeling of movement,” is the sense that provides the brain with information concerning the contracting and stretching of…
KINETIC DISTURBANCES
Used in this book to denote disturbances of movement found in either organic or functional disorders.Akinesia is a reduction of…
KIRKBRIDE, THOMAS (1809-83)
Kirkbride, a pioneer in American psychiatry, obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, then served as physician in…
KOFFKA, KURT (1886-1941)
Koffka, the major spokesman for Gestalt psychology, received his psychological training at the University of Berlin and obtained his Ph.D.…
KORSAKOFF’S SYNDROME (Amne- sic-Confabulatory Syndrome)
An organic psychosis occurring primarily in chronic alcoholics and victims of severe blows on the head (head trauma) but also…
KRAEPELIN, EMIL (1856-1926)
Rraepelin, the great classifier of mental illnesses, was bom in Neustrelitz, Germany and studied medicine at Wurzburg and Munich. He…
KRAFFT-EBING, RICHARD VON(1840-1902)
Krafft-Ebing, chiefly noted for his study of sexual pathology, was born in Mannheim, Germany, and studied at Prague, Heidelberg, and…
KAPPA EFFECT
the interaction between the perceived duration of a stimulus and the spatial extent of the stimulus. When a small visual…
KERNEL SENTENCE
Psychological interest in this idea stems from its implications for the cognitive processes by which we form and interpret sentences.…
KINETIC INFORMATION
Other body language clues used in making an evaluation of a client or patient in a clinical assessment and therapy…
KLIIVER-BUCY SYNDROME
Symptoms may include visual agnosia unable to recognise object decreased emotional responsibility including loss of normal fear and anger responses,…
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
the method used for encoding knowledge in an artifical-intelligence programme. not usually the computer language employed but systematically developed structures…
KRAEPELIN'S DISEASE
First described by Emil W.M.G Kraeplin 1856-1926 German psychiatrist, it is a disorder characterized by depressive symptoms accompanied by psychotic…
KAPPA WAVE
It is a type of brain wave with a frequency similar to that of an alpha wave 10Hz but the…
KERNICTERUS
It is characterized by severe jaundice and has the potential of causing severe damage to the central nervous system. It…
KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME
Mental retardation is uncommon but many affected individuals have behavioural problems. Also called XXY syndrome, it is a chromosomal disorder…