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…
JACKSONIAN MARCH
An older name for clonic motor movements in one region or side of the body that start in one muscle…
JIGGLE CAGE
A spring-mounted box that records small oscillations caused by enclosed animals.
JOB INFORMATION
the job data relating to work activities require general human behaviours and communicating or making decisions, personnel specifications and types…
JOHN HENRY EFFECT
an effect in which competitiveness between a control group and an experiment group to rivalry efforts that disturb the experiment.
JUNG, CARL GUSTAV
He studied natural science and medicine and then moved to Zurich to work and specialize in schizophrenic disorders. He constructed…
JUVENILISM
To be attracted sexually to children or adolescents. See ephebophilia, pedophilia
JACKSON'S LAW
the principle stating that when mental deterioration results from brain disease, the higher and recently developed functions are lost first.
JIGSAW METHOD
a technique, initially created to alleviate prejudice and hostility among students in descgregrated schools; it fosters cooperation and team-work.
JOB INVOLVEMENT
the degree to which a person identifies with their job. Job accomplishments lead to a strong sense of pride and…
JOHNSON V LOUISIANA
a case resulting in an influential decision establishing that there is no constitutional requirements for states to require juries to…
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY
It is the approach to psychotherapy of Carl Jung and also the psychoanalytical theory. See analytic psychology
JIMSONWEED
a very poisonous weed, grown annually, which contains different anticholinergic agents such as alkaloids, scopolamine and atropine. It can be…