BODY IMAGE
n. a mental picture which one forms of the body as a whole. This covers both the physical characteristics and…
BRAIN WAVES
n. a pattern of rhythmic electrical impulses detected in various areas of the brain. Recorded on EEG, they reveal changes…
CALORIC INTAKE
n. the intake of calories that is usually recommended on a daily basis. It is largely determined by a person's…
CONCRETISM
noun. 1. with regard to Jung's analytic psychology, a kind of thought or emotion which is reliant upon instant tangible…
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL
a fluctuating scale of values, utilized for approximating the value of a populace quantity from information acquired in a test…
CONGRUITY THEORY
postulated by American psychologists PercyTannenbaum and Charles Osgood, a mental consistency theory which centers on the part of the convincing…
CONSISTENCY MOTIVE
the urge to get a response that verifies what someone currently thinks of their self. This adds to keeping up…
CONTIGUITY LEARNING THEORY
a theory by Edwin R. Guthrie postulating that is a trend of incitement and a reaction happen concurrently in space…
CONTRIENT INTERDEPENDENCE
introduced by American psychologist Morton Deutsch, a union between two people or groups' results in which one person or group's…
COOLIDGE EFFECT
elevated carnal vitality that occurs whenever a person or animal engages in intercourse with many others.
COUNTERIDENTIFICATION
noun. With regard to psychoanalysis, a type of countertransference wherein the psychoanalyst sympathizes and aligns with the client.
CRITERION GROUP
a group examined for characteristics that others belonging to the group are already recognized as having, generally with the intent…
CULTURAL-FAMILIAL MENTAL RETARDATION
cognitive retardation, typically slight, which takes place in lieu of any recognized natural cause and is thereby credited to genetic…
CYTOPLASMIC
adjective. A pyrimidine compound that is a quarter portion of the bases found in DNA and RNA stipulating the elements…