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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

NONREACTIVE OBSERVATION

any observation which doesn't influence what is being viewed.

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 DISTRIBUTION

an abstract continuous probability distribution which is na act of two parameters: the expected value, p, and the variance, o.

NORRIE'S DISEASE

a form of congenital blindness which is rendered by an X-linked inherited flaw, only in men. Progressive loss of audile

NOVELTY HYPOTHESIS

the claim postulating the contents of awareness as being expected or assumed by their novelty, based upon the observation that

NUCLEOPLASM

the material held in the cell's nucleus. It is tied together by the nuclear envelope, that parts it from the

NUMERICAL SCALE

any scale or gauging tol which renders a quantitative symbolization of an attribute.

NYCTOPHONIA

noun. A range of selective mutism wherein the youth talks at night time but remains mute for the duration of

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

NATIVISTIC THEORY

is the theory that all human beings are born with innate structures in their minds which hold an innate knowledge

NATURAL REINFORCER

is a stimulus or event, an example being the presence of food and water, which does not require learning to

NAUTILUS EYE

consist of a spherical cavity which is coated in photosensitive cells which respond to light which enters through a small

NECROSIS

is the natural process which gives rise to dead cells, such as neurons and muscle cells, in the human body.

NEGATION

in the context of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, negation is the process where an individual realises a process

NEGATIVE INDUCTION

is the effect of a diminishing response to a stimulus in an experiment which would not have happened in the