CANADIAN MENTAL TRAINING REGISTRY
n. a registry system in Canada for professionals and consultants working in the field of sports psychology. As an agency,…
CARBAMATES
n. an organic compound derived as a salt or ester from carbamic acid. Medically, they are synthesized into acetylcholinesterase inhibitors…
CARDIAC PACEMAKER
n. an artificial electrical device which is implanted in the region of the heart. Its main function is to help…
CAREER CHOICE
n. the selection of a particular path or vocation in terms of career. This is usually influenced by parental guidance,…
CAROTODYNIA
n. a form of pain that is caused by pressure upon the common carotid artery. This pain is felt along…
CASE GRAMMAR
n. in linguistics, refers to sentence construction and analysis which gives primary consideration to semantics rather than to syntax. In…
CASTRATION ANXIETY
n. the fear of suffering an injury or loss of the genitals. In the pregenital stage of the Freudian psychoanalytic…
CATECHOLAMINE
n. one of a group of bioamines produced in the brain and endocrine system. They include neurotransmitters like dopamine and…
CATELECTROTONUS
n. a physical condition in which there is increase excitability or irritability observed in the nerve or muscle nearest the…
CAUSAL CHAIN
A hypothetical or actual sequence of events which lead to a particular effect. The chain of events must be ordered…
CELL PROLIFERATION
n. the continuous process of cellular multiplication and differentiation. As to increase in number and size, this is achieved through…
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
(CDC) a U.S. federal agency which plays a central role in public health and safety. Mainly, it is concerned with…
COMPUTATIONAL METAPHOR
the design of the mind as a tool for functioning and carrying out tasks on representations that are similar to…
CONCENTRATION-CAMP SYNDROME
an alternative version of PTSD endured by survivors of concentration camps. Chronic stress warning signs in concentration camp patients comprise…
CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM
the appropriate arranging of someone's mental capacity, emotional consciousness, life experience, and idealogic or spiritual positioning into a strategy for…