| psychosensory aphasia | Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and writing; malformed words, substitute words, and enologisms are charcteristic. When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of his deficit. Synonym: fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychoses, alcoholic | A group of mental disorders associated with organic brain damage and caused by poisoning from alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychoses, substance-induced | Psychotic organic mental disorders resulting from the toxic effect of drugs and chemicals or other harmful substance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosexual | Pertaining to the relationships among the emotional, mental physiologic, and behavioural components of sex or sexual development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychosexual development | The stages of development of the psychological aspects of sexuality from birth to adulthood; i.e., oral, anal, genital, and latent periods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosexual disorders | Sexual disorders which are assumed to be due to psychological factors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosexual dysfunction | Sexual dysfunction, a disturbance of sexual functioning, e.g., impotence, premature ejaculation, anorgasmia, presumed to be of psychological rather than physical aetiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychosine | <chemical> An intermediate in the biosynthesis of cerebrosides. It is formed by reaction of sphingosine with udp-galactose and then itself reacts with fatty acid-coenzyme a to form the cerebroside. Chemical name: beta-D-Galactopyranoside, 2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecenyl, (R-(R*,S*-(E)))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosis | <psychiatry> A mental disorder characterised by gross impairment in reality testing as evidenced by delusions, hallucinations, markedly incoherent speech or disorganised and agitated behaviour without apparent awareness on the part of the patient of the incomprehensibility of his behaviour, the term is also used in a more general sense to refer to mental disorders in which mental functioning is sufficiently impaired as to interfere grossly with the patients capacity to meet the ordinary demands of life. Historically, the term has been applied to many conditions, for example manic depressive psychosis, that were first described in psychotic patients, although many patients with the disorder are not judged psychotic. (06 Oct 1997) |
| psychosis, schizophrenia | The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia may be one disorder, or it may be many disorders, with different causes. Because of the disorder's complexity, few generalisations hold true for all people who are diagnosed as schizophrenic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosocial | Involving both psychological and social aspects; e.g., age, education, marital and related aspects of a person's history. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychosocial deprivation | The absence of appropriate stimuli in the physical or social environment which are necessary for the emotional, social, and intellectual development of the individual. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosocial intervention | <psychiatry> A therapeutic intervention that uses cognitive, cognitive-behavioural, behavioural and supportive interventions to relieve pain. These include patient education, interventions aimed at aiding relaxation, psychotherapy and structured or peer support. (16 Dec 1997) |
| psychosomatic | <psychiatry> Pertaining to the mind body relationship, having bodily symptoms of psychic, emotional or mental origin. Synonym: psychophysiologic. (18 Nov 1997) |
| psychosomatic disorder | A disorder characterised by physical symptoms of psychic origin, usually involving a single organ system innervated by the autonomic nervous system; physiological and organic changes stem from a sustained disturbance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychobabble |
Psycho-babble is a term that serves to dismiss psychology as a non-science, both in a specific instance of an argument based upon the current principles of psychology, and in general as a science that can derive a factual prediction of real-world behavior. The underlying basis for this dismissal is the argument that psychology has been characterized by cycles of fad and fashion, followed by discard and disenchantment, rather than by evolving theory and scientific methodology. ...
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| psycholinguistic |
Psycholinguistics or linguistics of psychologyis the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language. Initial forays into psycholinguistics were largely philosophical ventures, due mainly to a lack of cohesive data on how the human brain functioned. Modern research makes use of biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and information theory to study how the brain processes language. ...
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| psychometric |
Psychometrics is the field of study (connected to psychology and statistics) concerned with the measurement of "psychological" aspects of a person such as knowledge, skills, abilities, or personality. Psychometry is primarily concerned with differences between individuals and employs statistical tools such as normal distribution and factor analysis. ...
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| psychometrics |
Psychometrics is the field of study (connected to psychology and statistics) concerned with the measurement of "psychological" aspects of a person such as knowledge, skills, abilities, or personality. Psychometry is primarily concerned with differences between individuals and employs statistical tools such as normal distribution and factor analysis. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometrics
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| psycholinguistics |
Psycholinguistics or linguistics of psychologyis the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language. Initial forays into psycholinguistics were largely philosophical ventures, due mainly to a lack of cohesive data on how the human brain functioned. Modern research makes use of biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and information theory to study how the brain processes language. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics
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