KIN SELECTION
Individuals share 50% of their genes with a parent or sibling, so if an individual risks its own ability to…
KINESTHETIC RECEPTOR
Found in muscles, tendons and joints and any of the sensory receptors that monitor the position and movement of muscles
KLEINIAN ANALYSIS
Concepts such as internalization, object reactions, the depressive position, idealization and the paranoid position, and is psychotherapy in accordance with…
KNOWLEDGE FUNCTION OF AN ATTITUDE
A positive attitude toward a friend may assist in attributing that person's negative behaviour to situational factors rather that personal…
KANSAS V HENDRICKS
The court ruled that laws permitting confinement of sex offenders in mental hospitals after they serve their criminal sentences are…
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,…
KANTIANISM
It is a phenomena that can represent all that humans can know about essentially un-knowable realities and that these phenomena…
KERATOMETER
Also called ophthlamometer, this is an instrument used to measure the curvature of the cornea of the eye, used in…
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…