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CENSOR

n. in psychoanalytic theory, refers to the aspect of the mind - specifically, the preconscious - which represses (or censors)…

CARCBARIA

Headache symptoms of pressure and haeviness that is distressing

COMPUTER ILLITERACY

lacking the ability to comprehend computers to how to make use of them appropriately.

COMREY PERSONALITY SCALES (CPS)

created by American psychologist Andrew Laurence Comrey, a reserve of personal differences in 8 personality characteristics designed mainly through factor…

CONCEPTUAL APRAXIA

a remarkable lack of ability to employ equipment in the correct manner.

CONCINNITY

the quality of a piece or facet of art which depicts a peaceful, united combination of the many components to…

CONCRETIZATION

1. lacking the ableness to think theoretically wherein there is a strong accent on specifics and instant experience. It happens…

CONDITIONAL REASONING

logic that takes the shape of if X, then Y. Within the context of formal logic, the phrase or sentence…

CONDITIONS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO A MENTAL DISOR

a remaining group of disorders in the DSM-III and prior editions that is classified under other conditions in the DSM-IV-TR.

CONFIGURAL LEARNING

training to react to a mixture of at least two stimulants matched with a result when none of the stimulants…

CONFLICT-FREE SPHERE

with regard to ego psychology, a region of the ego that grows and operates without producing interior discord. Commonly referred…

CONGENITAL CATARACT

opaqueness of the lens of the eye ball which is existent at birth or takes place shortly following birth. Its…

CONJOINED TWINS

monozygotic twins whose bodies do not part fully while inutero thereby resulting in two bodies joined together that might be…

CONRADI'S DISEASE

introduced by German Dr. Erich Conradi, a hereditary illness categorized by small appendages, irregularities of the face and head, dry…

CONSENSUAL EYE REFLEX

a sensation wherein the pupil of a shaded eye ball shrinks and expanded when the other eye ball is prompted…

CONSILIENCE

introduced by American biologist Edward O. Wilson, the stance wherein the rules of biological evolution and the laws of physics…

CONSTANCY PRINCIPLE

the standard doctrine that psychic powers and drives are likely to stay in a persistent or stable state or likely…

CONSTRUCT VALIDATION

the act of implementing the construct validity of a tool.

CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOTHERAPY

1. posed by American clinical psychologist George Kelly, a kind of individual therapy, stemming from constructivism, wherein concentration is on…

CONSUMERISM

noun. a movement to safeguard the liberties of the customer with respect to the quality and threat of hazard of…