NEUROTIC TREND
was first described by U.S. psychoanalyst Karen Horney (1885 - 1952) in one of her wider theories. Neurotic trends were…
NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
was first proposed by U.S. psychologists Joel Cooper and Russel H. Fazio who suggested a version of the already established…
NIGHTMARE DISORDER
is described in the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual) as: a sleep disorder characterized by the repeated occurrence of frightening dreams…
NMDA HYPOTHESIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
is a hypothesis which believes the NMDA receptor complex is centrally involved in the working memory of human beings and…
NOMINAL REALISM
describes a tendency for adults and children to refuse objects they believe are brandished with symbols which are not an…
NONAFFECTIVE HALLUCINATION
Similar to mood-incongruent psychotic features, a nonaffective hallucination is a hallucination which doesn
NONDECLARATIVE MEMORY
a collection of several different types of memory which function automatically and collect data which isn't within reach to aware…
NONJUDGMENTAL APPROACH
with regard to psychotherapy, the arrangement or demonstration of a unbiased, noncritical outlook on the part of the therapist. the…
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION (NVC)
the act of communicating data without the utilization of words. Non-verbal communication takes place by way of gestures, tone of…
NORMAL SCIENCE
a science at the phase of growth whenever it is marked by a paradigm containing universal agreement about the foundation…
NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (NASPSPA)
a multidisciplinary group of scholars from the behavioral sciences and associated professional fields. The intent of the group is to…
NOVELTY PREFERENCE TASK
a job wherein an infant is exposed to a new item at the same time as it is with a…
NUCLEOTIDE
noun. a mixture inclusive of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and at least one phosphate group. Nucleotides like a fp…
NYMPHOLEPSY
1. a form of pedophilia wherein the person has an extreme favorability or obsessive longing for young girls who are…
NAIVE REALISM
is the philosophical position which states that ones sense perceptions provides direct evidence and therefore knowledge of an external reality,…
NARCOTHERAPY
defines any psychotherapy which occurs during the patient being in an narcotics induced semiconscious state. Narcotics such as amobarbital otherwise…
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL HEALTH CLINICS (NARHC)
is an organization who's main aim is to protect the delivery of services in healthcare provided by underserved rural areas…