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KINESTHETIC SENSE (Movement Sense)

Kinesthesis, literally “feeling of movement,” is the sense that provides the brain with information concerning the contracting and stretching of

KINETIC DISTURBANCES

Used in this book to denote disturbances of movement found in either organic or functional disorders.Akinesia is a reduction of

KIRKBRIDE, THOMAS (1809-83)

Kirkbride, a pioneer in American psychiatry, obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, then served as physician in

KOFFKA, KURT (1886-1941)

Koffka, the major spokesman for Gestalt psychology, received his psychological training at the University of Berlin and obtained his Ph.D.

KORSAKOFF’S SYNDROME (Amne- sic-Confabulatory Syndrome)

An organic psychosis occurring primarily in chronic alcoholics and victims of severe blows on the head (head trauma) but also

KRAEPELIN, EMIL (1856-1926)

Rraepelin, the great classifier of mental illnesses, was bom in Neustrelitz, Germany and studied medicine at Wurzburg and Munich. He

KRAFFT-EBING, RICHARD VON(1840-1902)

Krafft-Ebing, chiefly noted for his study of sexual pathology, was born in Mannheim, Germany, and studied at Prague, Heidelberg, and

KINASE

When a class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a phosphate group to a molecule for example a protein

KINESTHETICS

Being able to feel the movement of the limbs or the body

KLEPTOLAGNIA

This association is controversial and many consider the urge to be unrelated to sexual issues, with a morbid urge to

KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE (KP)

verbalized information about the nature of the movement pattern that is used to achieve an aim.

KOR

A Russian neurologist Sergei Korsakoff 1853-1900 first described it in 1887

KURZWEIL PERSONAL READER

It is intended for people who cannot read print e.g. those with such disabilities as severe visual impairment and dyslexia,

KANSAS V HENDRICKS

The court ruled that laws permitting confinement of sex offenders in mental hospitals after they serve their criminal sentences are

KERATITIS

Is caused by a bacterial or viral infection or by an allergic reaction. It is inflammation of the cornea.

KINDLING

The appearance of electro-graphic and fully generalized behavioural convulsions. It is phenomenon in which brain function is altered as a

KINETIC DEPTH EFFECT

Depending on the relative motions of the elements in the figure, the impression that a figure has three dimensions. See

KLEPTOMANIA

The stealing is done out of anger or in a response to a delusion or hallucination and is not better

KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (KR KOR)

Verbalized information about the outcome of a response in relation to the goal, learning theory suggests that a learner profits

K-R 20

Kuder Richardson formula 20 and the abbreviation for it