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…
NEGATIVE INDUCTION
is the effect of a diminishing response to a stimulus in an experiment which would not have happened in the…
NEGATIVE-STATE-RELIEF MODEL
is the theory that helping behaviour is used during times of stress and anxiety to avoid negative moods.
NEOPHENOMENOLOGY
first attributed to U.S. psychologists donal Snvff (1904 - 1967) and Arthur W. Combs (1912 - 1999) which explains the…
NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF)
stimulates growth in the spinal ganglia and in the ganglia of the SNS, by introducing an endogenous polypeptide.
NEURAL FOLDS
are formed when ridges of ectodermal tissue fuse together to form the neural tubing.