CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
A field of psychology devoted to psychological methods of diagnosing and treating mental and emotional disorders, as well as research…
CLOUDING OF CONSCIOUSNESS
A mental disturbance in which the individual is unable to perceive, understand, and think clearly.When a patient’s consciousness becomes clouded…
CLUTTERING (Tachyphemia)
Excessively rapid, arhythmic speech with a tendency to stutter, jumble words, omit syllables, and reverse parts of words. According to…
COCAINE HABITUATION
Psychological dependence on cocaine resulting in habitual use.Cocaine, a drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant and long…
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE (Dissonance Theory)
A state of conflict occurring when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. Dissonance theory holds that the conflict…
COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
A Jungian term denoting the portion of the unconscious which is common to all mankind. It is also called the…
CHILD ABUSE (The Battered-Child Syndrome)
Maltreatment of children, especially by those entrusted with their care.Child abuse has a long and sordid history, dating back to…
COLOR BLINDNESS
A defect in the ability to discriminate between simple colors. John Dalton, the British chemist, who was himself color blind,…
CHILD PSYCHIATRY
The study, treatment, and prevention of psychiatric disorders of childhood—including transient reactions, habit disturbances, conduct disturbances, neurotic traits, neuroses, and…
COLOR CIRCLE
A circular arrangement of chromatic colors in the order in which they appear in the spectrum. The purpose of the…
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
The scientific study of the behavior and development of the child from the time of conception to the beginning of…
COLOR REACTIONS
The most important fact here is that the organism as a whole, and not just the visual system, is involved…
CANAJLIZATION
A tendency to channel needs into specific, fixed gratifications.The hunger drive is unselective in the first few years. Young children…
CANNON, WALTER BRADFORD (1871-1945)
Cannon, America’s foremost physiologist, was associated with the Harvard Medical School during his entire career—first as student, then as instructor…
CATTELL, JAMES iMcKEEN (1860- 1944)
Cattell did more than any psychologist of his time to advance the cause of experimental psychology in this country. He…
CEREA FLEXIBILITAS (Waxy Flexibility)
A common symptom of catatonic schizophrenia in which the limbs of the patient remain in any position in which they…
CEREBELLUM
A roughly spherical part of the hindbrain, located beneath the cerebral hemispheres (plate 1). The structure gets its name, which…
CEREBRAL CORTEX
The gray “bark,” or surface layer of the cerebral hemispheres, containing the nerve cells involved in the higher mental processes.…
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
As used here, character development refers to the development of conscience, moral concepts, religious values, and social attitudes in the…