| approach-approach conflict | A situation of indecision and vacillation when an individual is confronted with two equally attractive alternatives. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| approach | 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." "A nearer approach to the human type." (Owen) 2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near. "The approach to kings and principal persons." (Bacon) 3. Movements to gain favor; advances. 4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. 5. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. 6. <botany> See Approaching. Origin: Cf. F. Approche. See Approach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| approach-avoidance conflict | A situation of indecision and vacillation when the individual is confronted with a single object or event which has both attractive and unattractive qualities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regressive-reconstructive approach | A form of psychotherapy in which regression, in order to resurrect some original psychic trauma, is an integral part of the treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nomothetic approach | A frame of psychologic reference that attempts to provide norms and general principles of behaviour by the study of groups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiographic approach | The comprehensive study of an individual as a basis for understanding human behaviour in general. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetabular fossa | A depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the acetabular notch. Synonym: fossa acetabuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amygdaloid fossa | The depression between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches occupied by the palatine tonsil. Synonym: fossa tonsillaris, amygdaloid fossa, sinus tonsillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anconal fossa | A hollow on the dorsum of the distal end of the humerus, just above the trochlea, in which the olecranon process of the ulna rests when the elbow is extended. Synonym: fossa olecrani, anconal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cranial fossa | The portion of the internal base of the skull, anterior to the sphenoidal ridges and limbus, in which the frontal lobes of the brain rest. Synonym: fossa cranii anterior, anterior cranial base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articular fossa of temporal bone | A deep hollow in the squamous portion of the temporal bone at the root of the zygoma, in which rests the condyle of the mandible. Synonym: cavitas glenoidalis, fossa mandibularis, articular fossa of temporal bone, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, glenoid surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axillary fossa | <anatomy> The underarm area. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Bichat's fossa | Sphenomaxillary fossa, a small pyramidal space, housing the pterygopalatine ganglion, between the pterygoid process, the maxilla, and the palatine bone. Synonym: fossa pterygopalatina, Bichat's fossa, pterygomaxillary fossa, sphenomaxillary fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biesiadecki's fossa | A peritoneal recess between the psoas muscle and the crest of the ilium. Synonym: Biesiadecki's fossa, fossa iliacosubfascialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Broesike's fossa | A peritoneal fossa that has been seen in a few cases in which the jejunum has no mesentery but is attached to the posterior parietal peritoneum; the fossa begins at the point where the mesentery ends, and is seen on raising up the knuckle of free intestine. Synonym: Broesike's fossa, fossa parajejunalis, mesentericoparietal fossa, mesentericoparietal recess. (05 Mar 2000) |