Conscience development
Psychologists recognize that many factors contribute to the development of conscience: parents and home life, playmates and schoolmates, teachers, neighborhood,…
CHARCOT, JEAN-MARTIN (1825- 93)
Charcot, regarded as the founder of clinical neurology, was born in Paris and received his medical degree from that city’s…
CHEMOTHERAPY
The use of psychoactive (psychotropic) drugs in the treatment of mental disorder. Chemotherapy is a branch of the larger field…
Collectivist and Individualist Cultures
Collectivist cultures tend to use an authoritarian parenting style to instill cultural values or beliefs in the children. On the…
CABLE PROPERTIES
n. the physical conduction properties of an organic cable such as an axon. As an electrical disturbance, each small, non-propagated…
CALCIUM CHANNEL
n. an ion channel which is selectively-permeable to calcium ions. These ions carry electrical charges back and forth through this…
CALMODULIN
n. a messenger protein which binds calcium ions and participates in calcium-regulated processes such as muscle contraction and neurochemical activity.…
CANCER PHOBIA
n. an irrational fear of cancer which pervades one's thoughts. The fear of developing cancer becomes all-consuming, and this is…
CARBON DIOXIDE THERAPY
n. a type of inhalation therapy formerly applied to patients with symptoms of anxiety, conversion disorder, and similar psychophysiological conditions.…
CARDIOGRAM
n. a record which shows cardiovascular muscle activity - that is, the heartbeat pattern and pumping action of heart muscle.…
CAREER PLANNING
n. a career guidance program which provides all possible resources needed in order for a person to make a career…
CASE MANAGER
n. in healthcare, refers to a healthcare professional who works with patients and coodinates with providers. He or she also…
CATA- (CAT- KATA- KAT-)
combining form which denotes down, beneath, back, or against. For example, the word catatonic (adj.) implies going against a condition…
CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS
n. a severe, lingering illness with a greater likelihood of resulting in the death or long-term disability of a family…
CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS
n. a number of statistical procedures that analyze categorical variables and model them on a nominal scale . Also, may…
CATOPTRICS
n. a branch of optics that is concerned with image reflection and reflected light. It studies the phenomena of how…
CAUSAL NEXUS
n. an established link between the most probable cause and its resulting effects. It relies on a connection (nexus) between…
CEBOCEPHALY
n. a congenital defect in which there is a physical deformity of the head. It manifests as monkey-like facial features,…