BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
n. an employee tasked to perform physical or manual labor. The term also refers to a technical laborer or a…
BLUE-SIGHTED
adj. in psychological optics, refers to the condition of being unusually-sensitive to blue stimuli. For instance, when their yellowed lens…
BLUE-YELLOW BLINDNESS
n. in psychological optics, refers to a kind of partial color blindness. Although rare in occurrence, it does disturb visual…
BLUNTED AFFECT
n. an affect display which is dulled in tone and reduced in intensity. The person is observed to be unengaged…
BLUR POINT
n. in vision and optics, refers to the point at which an object appears to blur or be out of…
BOARD CERTIFIED
adj. denotes certification in a field of work or area of specialty, such as healthcare. It also indicates that a…
BOARDING-OUT SYSTEM
n. in mental healthcare, refers to a system in which patients with psychotic conditions are placed under the care of…
BODILY-KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE
n. in multiple intelligence theory, refers to the intelligence to perform multiple tasks with coordination and handle finer objects with…
BODY AWARENESS
n. a conscious perception and understanding of one's body, in alignment with the somatic and internal sensations which one feels.…
BODY BOUNDARIES
n. A component of body image in which there may be definite or indefinite boundaries set by personality. For instance,…
BODY BUFFER ZONE
n. the physical distance which an individual prefers to keep in order to feel comfortable in the presence of others.…
BODY BUILD
n. the overall structure of the body based on three components which are type, size, and composition. As to body…
BODY CONCEPT
n. the conceptual image formed about one's own body. It is the sum of all thoughts, feelings, and opinions evoked…
BODY DISFIGUREMENT
n. an obvious defect in appearance which is visible to the naked eye. It may be a congenital malformation or…
BODY DISTORTION
n. a tendency to either underestimate or overestimate the features of one's body such as size or weight. Usually, the…
BODY DYSMORPHIA
n. the preoccupation with one's perceived defects and flaws to the point of being obsessive and irrational. Improving body concept…