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…
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.
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…
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…