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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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CORTISOL

noun. A corticosteroid hormone possessing glucocorticoid functions which elevate the amount of sugar in the bloodstream. Commonly referred to as

CORTISONE

noun. A corticosteroid which is made organically by the adrenal cortex or is man-made. Cortisone is physiologically inactive, but is

CORYBANTIC RITES

with regard to the classical world, orgy-like rituals entertained with respect to Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, and to Dionysua,

CORYZA

extreme excretion from the mucous membrane of the nose, particularly when due to a cold virus.

COSMETIC SURGERY

a broad class of many particular surgeries modeled with the intention of making better or complimenting physical looks.

COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS

a supposed feeling of insight into the universe as its entire being. Often claimed to be attained via heightened experiences,

COSMIC IDENTIFICATION

a sense of being one with the universe, that is more frequently observed in people with borderline disorders or schizoid

COST ANALYSIS

a step-by-step judgment of the prices correlated with the use of a program's services including: material, time period, direct personnel,

COST CONTAINMENT

a program objective which pursues regulation of prices associated with regulating and administering the program results. With regard to health

COST OF CONCURRENCE

the decline that takes place in the operation of a task that is positioned in a dual-task context, even whenever

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

1. an evaluative process which tries to judge and compare the economic adequacy of varying programs. Prices and advantages are

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

a gauge of program adequacy or economic adequacy displayed with regard to the cost of attaining a unit of program

COST-REWARD ANALYSIS

with regard to social psychology, a design which tries to depict helping behavior with respect to the supports and prices

COTARD'S SYNDROME

proposed by French neurologist Jules Cotard, a psychotic state marked by serious depression and extreme nuhilistic illusions wherein people persist

COTHERAPY

therapy performed by two professionals treating one or two patients, or sometimes a group of people of family unit, in

COUCH

noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, the piece of furniture that the client reclines upon. Commonly referred to as an analytic

COUNSELING

professional help in handling and processes private problems, such as behavior-related, job-related, marriage, school, rehabilitative, school-based, life-stage, and emotionally rooted

COUNSELING PROCESS

the private procedure therapists and patients participate in when trying to identify, confront, and solve certain issues the patient has

COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

the department of psychology which specializes in cultivating individual and private operating among one's lifetime. This type of psychology centers

COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP

the interplay between therapist and patient wherein the union is of a professional nature, but also marked by sympathy, understanding,