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…
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…
JAMES, WILLIAM
He was the the most influential psychologist of his time he taught many students who contributed to the development of…
JUNK SCIENCE
It is a cause of concern because judges, attorneys and juries often lack the scientific training to identify unsound research,…
JAMES-LANGE THEORY
This theory hypothesizes that there are many psychological responses as there are different intra-psychic feelings and that each of these…
JOB REDESIGN
Major approaches to include methods analysis, which focuses on the development of efficient work methods, human factors engineering, which is…
JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTH
It is a non profit organization that is also private and national, it encourages the attainment of uniformly high standards…
JANET'S TEST
tactile-sensibility test in which participants respond affirmatively or negatively when asked if they feel the touch of the examiner's fingers.
JOB ANALYSIS
Important classes of job information include the behaviours, tools, working conditions and skills involved in the job. Data is obtained…
JOB REQUIREMENTS
The personal skill that are necessary for performing work tasks effectively. You will find that these are normally identified in…