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…
CHOLINERGIC
Activated or transmitted by acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is one of the two types of “chemical transmitters” in the nervous system; the…
COLOR SOLID
A three-dimensional figure representing all degrees and combinations of hue, saturation, and brightness in the perception of color; also called…
CINGULATE GYRUS (Literally “ring- shaped ridge”)
The cortical part of the limbic system of the brain, lying just above the corpus callosum (plate 1).Although the functions…
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY
Circuitous, “labyrinthine” speech; the inclusion of numerous trivial and often irrelevant details in relating an incident, explaining a point, or…
CIVILIAN CATASTROPHE REACTIONS
Transient situational personality disorders resulting from severely traumatic experiences in civilian life, classified by the American Psychiatric Association (1952) under…
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…
Conscience development
Psychologists recognize that many factors contribute to the development of conscience: parents and home life, playmates and schoolmates, teachers, neighborhood,…