JAMES, WILLIAM (1842-1910)
James, probably America’s most influential psychologist, was born of an eminent family in New York City and studied in Switzerland…
JANET, PIERRE MARIE FELIX (1859-1947)
Janet, one of the first systematic students of neurosis, was bom and raised in Paris, and studied at the University…
JARGONAPHASIA
Unintelligible speech in which correct words are intermingled with words that are completely out of context; the use of words…
JOINT COMMISSION ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND HEALTH
In 1955, Congress passed the Mental Health Study Act, which directed the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health to…
JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875-1961)
Born in Kesswil, Switzerland, Jung came from a long line of physicians and theologians. Before concentrating on the study of…
JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND; Differential or Difference Threshold)
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be reliably detected.The external world comes to us in the form of…
JUVENILE PARESIS
A brain disorder caused by congenital syphilis.In the juvenile form of paresis the spirochete infection is transmitted from mother to…
JOB DESIGN
or job redesign is the specification of the content (responsibilities and duties) of a given job with the goal of…
JOB-COMPONENT METHOD
It is a job evaluation technique based on the assumption that similarities in job content impose similar job demands on…
JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY (JDS)
It is the measure of the motivational components of a job, as identified by the job characteristics MODI I. of…
JOB-COMPONENT VALIDITY
It is to predict the suitability for a particular job that involves use of the position analysis questionnaire and the…
JUST-WORLD PHENOMENON
To believe that events proceed rationally and not by chance, such an attitude may result in the belief that the…
JEHOVAH COMPLEX
Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God
JOB DIMENSIONS
1. the overall categories that define the nature of a given job like clerical or receptionist duties. 2. main competence…
JOB-PLACEMENT STAGE
a level of rehabilitation at which a person with a disability is expected to be ready to stand the competitiveness…