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…
KEGEL EXERCISES
The muscle increases abdominal pressure by contracting drawing the anus towards the pubis, as when an individual tightens control of…
KIDS' CULTURE
the environments and activities that only children have. Children create their own social structures separate from the adult world .
KINESTHETIC AFTEREFFECT (KAEI
An illusion that may be the basis for the myth that performance in sport is improved by first practising with…
KISSING BEHAVIOR
The kiss may involve lip contact with any part of the body and with varying degrees of pressure. Or the…
KNOCKOUT ORGANISM
an organism in which a particular gene has been eliminated or inactivated by an experimenter
KOLA NUT (COLA NUT)
The active ingredient is caffeine, which comprises about 1.5% of the dry weight of the nut. Kola was discovered for…
KUDER PREFERENCE RECORD
Individuals are required to select their preferred activity from a series of three choice items. It will yield the percentage…
KELLER PLAN 1
1.A personalized system of education in which students work with their own tempo 2. a system of mastery learning that…
KILNER SCREEN
a special viewing apparatus that reveals invisible auras emitted by human beings. Adherents claim that the inspection of human auras…
KINESTHETIC FEEDBACK
Provided by stretch receptors in the muscle spindles and tendons as well as by receptors in the joints. Information about…
KLEEBLATTSCHADEL SYNDROME
Affected individuals also have hydrocephalus, severe mental retardation and abnormally short limbs, is also called cloverleaf skull and is a…