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 DESCRIPTION
an official job representation created by a company's personnel department to individuals applying or holding a specific job. Although formats…
JOST'S LAW
the principle that the newer of two associations of equal strength will show more loss over time than will the…
JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX (JI)I)
a 72-item instrument measuring employees' attitudes in areas such as work, pay, supervision, promotions and coworkers.
JOB-CHARACTERISTICS MODEL
A model that tries to characterize the basic parametres of a job.
JOUISSANCE
enjoyment or pleasure that's something more than mere satisfaction of instincts. Such pleasure is seen as subversive and destabilizing force.
JUSTIFICATION
In epistemology, it is a concept of intellectual responsibility regarding the norms of belief about ideas, actions, emotions, claims, theories…
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…