NONDISJUNCTION
noun. the failure of chromosome couples to part ways during the cell division process. Hence, both progress to the nucleus…
NONNUTRITIVE SUCKING
the sucking by newborns and young babies of items which do not render milk, in order, for instance, to elicit…
NONSPECIFIC EFFECT
a result or consequence whose particular cause or precipitating features are unrecognized, for instance, the impact on a patient of…
NON-WESTERN THERAPIES
alternatives or complements to classical Western types of and techniques in psychotherapy and counseling which emphasizes the body, and the…
NORMATIVE INFLUENCE
the private and interpersonal procedures which cause people to feel, think, and behave in ways which are aligned with cultural…
NUCLEAR COMPLEX
a primary conflict or trouble which is grounded in infancy, for instance, emotions of beig inferior, or the oedipus complex.
NUISANCE VARIABLE
a variant which has no intrinsic relevance to the experiment but might assist with an increase in experimental error.
NURSING HOME
a long-term care institution which supplies round-the-clock nursing care as well as supportive services for individuals with ongoing impairments or…
NARCISSISM
is described as an exaggerated opinions of ones own contribution to society or group, otherwise known as an excessive self-love…
NARRATIVE THEORY
is an umbrella term used to describe any theory of consciousness which states that beliefs arise as a part of…
NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK
is a national database which is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which keeps an archive…
NATURALISTIC FALLACY 1
is an error which is made when researchers or lay persons attempt to define a property or characteristic in terms…
NECKER CUHE
was first proposed by Louis Albert Necker (1730 - 1804) who was a Swiss crystallographer which first proposed a line…
NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
in discrete theoretical probability distribution, it describes the distribution of N number of trials which will occur before the Rth…
NEGATIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA
is a form of Schizophrenia which was first proposed by U.S. psychiatrist Nancy C. Andreasen and Scott A. Olsen in…
NEIL V BIGGERS
was an important case in U.S. legal history which resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court detailing criteria for a valid…