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…
NEO-MALTHUSIAN
the idea that family planning and the effective use of contraception can support population control and without these restrictions, populations…
NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS
is the resulting condition when the kidneys are incapable of producing the concentration of urea in the nephrons due to…
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
concerns the bringing on of an emotional illness or mental illness which significantly disrupts an individuals ability to cope.
NEURAL ARC
describes the pathway of neurons which is taken to pass the action potential and therefore response from the receptor to…
NEURAL PLASTICITY
otherwise known as neuroplasticity, this is the ability for a neuron to adapt and change in response to a stimulus…
NEUROBIOTAXIS
typically happens during embryological development for example. Neurobiotaxis is the formation and development of nerve fibres towards the tissue it…
NEUROFILAMENT
can be found in the axons of neurons and which are involved in the transport of materials along the axon…
NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT
Defines any disruption to the body's function as a result of damage to the nervous system.
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
the study of the effect certain drugs have on the nervous system of organisms.
NEUROTIC CONFLICT
in the context of psychoanalytic theory, neurotic conflict is intraphychic conflict which leads to persistent maladjustment and emotional disturbance. Neurotic…