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…
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.
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.
NEUROTIC RESIGNATION
was first described by U.S. psychoanalyst Karen Homey (1885 - 1952) as the avoidance of any one (or more) aspect…
NEUTRALIZER
first described by U.S. psychotherapist Samuel Richard Slavson where a member of a therapy group will modify aggressive and impulsive…
NIGHT-EATING SYNDROME
was first described by Albert J. Stunkard in 1955 who characterized the night-eating syndrome as having the following symptoms- insomnia,…