ACROCEPHALY
A disorder characterized by an exceptionally high skull and severe mental retardation. In one syndrome (Crouzon) these symptoms are associated…
ACTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
A treatment procedure in which the patient is directed to make a graduated series of changes in his behavior. Active…
ACT PSYCHOLOGY
Formulated by the German philosopher Franz Bren- tano (1838-1917) in 1874, this approach proposed to focus psychological investigation on psychic…
ADVENTURE-RECREATION MODEL
a school of though for people that look for risk concerning outside leisurely activities. It demonstrates the partnership among degree…
AESTHETIC APPRECIATION
the severity to which a stimulant is taken pleasure in due to its visual attributes.
AFFECTIONAL BONDS
emotions of love and closeness felt between persons and animals, whether between two people, two animals, or one of each.…
AFFECTIVE MEANING
the attitude or feeling induced by a stimulant, such as a song, work of art, or even more so, the…
AFFILIATION
1. with regard to social psychology, a cultural union with others, typically rooted in likeness or individual closeness instead of…
AGE EFFECT
1. any sort of modification of emotional or mental operations or performances, based on age, such as escalated conformation during…
AGENITALISM
noun. a health problem which develops as a result of insufficient release by the sex glands.
AGGRESSIVE INSTINCT
with regard to psychoanalytic standards, a by-product of the fatality instinct which guides detrimental urges away from one's self and…
AGONIST-ANTAGONIST
a compound that concurrently adheres to numerous receptors, operating as an agonist or slight agonist at one particular kind of…
AIM OF THE INSTINCT
with regard to psychoanalytic standards, the actions that satisfy intuitions, causing tension to decrease. Commonly referred to as instinctual aim.
ALCOHOL DERIVATIVES
narcotics which use the relaxing and mesmerizing influence of alcohol for rehabilitation goals. During the 1890s, it was discovered that…
ALCOHOL-INDUCED PERSISTING DEMENTIA
a decline in quality of cognitive execution arising from the enduring impacts of alcohol misuse. It is marked by numerous…
ALGEBRAIC SUMMATION
summary that considers the characteristics of the provisions. As an outcome, whenever exciting post synaptic possibilities and repressive post synaptic…
ALIENATION TEST
an assessment of a person's emotions of alienation or detachment from their surroundings, occupational setting, or self.