NOCTURNAL EMISSION
otherwise known as a wet dream, these are dream occurrences which result in the complete ejaculation. Studies have shown that…
NON COMPOS MENTIS
is a term used in legal situations when referring to an individual or client who is legally insane or mentally…
NONCOMPETITIVE
with regard to pharmacology, referencing a drug which impacts a neurotransmitter receptor while at the same time binding at a…
NONFALSIFIABLE EXPLANATION
an explanation which is basically not able of being shown to be incorrect by any empirical processes. Such explanations are…
NONOVERT APPEALS
with regard to marketing and advertising, methods wherein the advertising message is displayed by seemingly commonplace persons who make no…
NONSTRIATE VISUAL CORTEX
the several areas of cortex which encompass the striate cortex and engage in the processing of visual stimulants beyond the…
NORMATIVE-REEDUCATIVE STRATEGY
with regard to cultural psychology, the concept ascertaining that societal alterations ought to be based upon active re-education of persons…
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY (NGRI)
a last judgment made in a courtroom if the defendant has been deemed to exhibit an absence the cognitive capacity…
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)
the reaction of atomic nuclei to alterations in a strong magnetic field. The atoms emit weak electric signals, that can…
NULL HYPOTHESIS SIGNIFICANCE TESTING (NHST)
calculation of an examination of significance to determine the tenability of the null hypothesis.
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
first proposed by U.S. psychiatrists Wilhelm Reich (1897 - 1957), Otto Kernberg, and Heinz Kohut (1913 - 1981), and U.S.…
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ORGANIZATION
is a group of professional psychologists which attempt to improve the delivery of health services to the general public, it…
NATURAL KILLER CELL (NK CELL)
is one of the many types of lymphocyte white blood cell in the human body which destroy infected or cancerous…
NATURE-NURTURE CONTROVERSY
is a philosophical debate which continuously argues the relative contributions of hereditary and constitutional factors (nature) and their counterpart environmental…