Neurology

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FREE LOVE

the term applied to the practice of engaging in sexual relationships without any legal ties or other commitment to fidelity…

FRIENDSHIP

voluntary relationship between people that lasts a long time and those involved are concerned about each other. It develops from…

FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA

a psychiatric disorder with amnesia for autobiographical events. Episodic memory is lost about yourself as is semantic memory when a…

FUNCTIONAL STATUS

the measure of a person's ability to perform activities of daily living independently. Functional status may be used as an…

GASOLINE INTOXICATION

The euphoric reaction induced by inhalation of gasoline vapor. It results in headaches, weakness, depression of the central nervous system,…

GENDER NONCONFORMITY

the term that applies to the behaviour that differs from that of others of the same sex or from cultural…

GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITION

the name of a disorder that has known physical causes and observable physical psycho

GENETIC ERROR

Error in a single gene due to mutation or an inability to give proper instructions to make cells. Hereditary but…

GEOCENTRIC THEORY

Theory of Ptolemy stating the earth is the centre of the universe and the bodies in the heavens all move…

GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE

This the name for the verbal and non-verbal intelligence as measured by the verbal and performance subtests in various Wechsler…

GOODNESS OF FIT

the name that is given to the index that reflects the degree to which values predicted by a model agree…

GROUP IDENTIFICATION

1. Process of identifying with a group that a person imitates its features and objectives. Enhances group pride but reduces…

IN VIVO

1. The conditions and biological processes occurring in an organism. Compare in vitro. 2. the condition or process approximating a…

INTERNAL WORKING MODEL OF ATTACHMENT

The cognitive construction about workings of a relationship like expectations of support and affection. Early relationships can be a template…

INTERSUBJECTIVITY

1. A philosophical view to all public events are objective and are shared experiences that are subjective. 2. communication that…

INTROJECTION

1. A theory in psychoanalytic and is the process of internalizing an external object and the qualities into the psyche…

INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION

A depressive episode that occurs during late middle age or menopause and a largely obsolete name for it

JOB DIMENSIONS

1. the overall categories that define the nature of a given job like clerical or receptionist duties. 2. main competence…

KINDLING

The appearance of electro-graphic and fully generalized behavioural convulsions. It is phenomenon in which brain function is altered as a…

LABELED-LINE THEORY OF TASTE CODING

The taste is perceived exclusively as a product of activity in that labelled line activity in neurons outside the labelled…