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NAIVE OBSERVER I

is an observer, who will have little or no knowledge about the scenario or event they are asked to observe,…

NARCOLEPSY-CATAPLEXY SYNDROME

is a complex which is characterized with accelerated muscle loss and persistent sleep attacks.

NASPSPA

an abbreviation used for North American Society for IIIF Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

NATIVE AMERICAN

is an umbrella term used to describe a member of any of the various indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere…

NATURAL LAW

in the context of Science and Natural Philosophy a natural law is one that governs the basic principles of life…

NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE PSYCHOLOGIE

was first debated in the 19th century by German psychologists which took on laboratory techniques which were appropriate and useful…

NECROPHILIA

defines a sexual interest or the physical sexual contact with dead bodies, irrespective of the sex. In some cases, necrophiliacs…

NEED-PRESS THEORY

first proposed by U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray (1893 - 1988) who proposed this explanation of behaviour in terms of…

NEGATIVE HALLUCINATION

is the experience of being unable to visualize or see a person or object when directly looking at it, typically…

NEGATIVE TRANSFER

describes any process which bars or obstructs previous learning with present learning.

NEOBEHAVIORISM

is one branch of psychology which was based primarily on logical positivism which supported the development of comprehensive theories and…

NEONATICIDE

is the killing or murder of a child who is less than 24 hours old.

NERVE DEAFNESS PERCEPTIVE IMPAIRMENT AND NERVE LOSS SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS

otherwise known as nerve impairment. See adult sensorineural lesions- childhood sensorineural lesions, presbycusis.

NERVUS TERMINALIS

typically originate near the olfactory epithelium cells and are a collection nerve fibres.

NEURAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

is one theory of brain development that implies cognitive development results as a balance between the neural substrates and environment…

NEURAL SATIATION

is the tendency for a neuron to respond weakly after the conductance of a strong stimulation.

NEUROCRINE

describes neurones which secrete agonists such as neurotransmitters at their synapses.

NEUROGRAM

is a graphical representation of the electrical impulses of neurons in the nervous system.

NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

is the physical gap between a motor neuron and the muscle fibre which it stimulates. Once a stimulus arrives at…

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION

which arise from brain damage are treated using psychological methods to manage the cognitive, emotional and behavioural problems.