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[email protected] ISBN (13) : 978-81-224-2949-7 PUBLISHING FOR ONE WORLD NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110002 Visit us at www.newagepublishers.com Dedicated to All Teachers & Students who helped in improving the fields of psychology and allied mental health specialities This page intentionally left blank Dictionary of Psychology & Allied Sciences vii PREFACE With the rapid unveiling of the aetiological factors and also with the changes in the classifications, the field of psychology has undergone a continuous change and refinements which need a dictionary for its completion. Moreover, the definitions of various terms is the backbone of understanding a subject, its research and its communication. The impetus for writing a dictionary has come largely from clinical practice and teaching. Both reveal the lack of focused knowledge concerning the overlapping territories between psychology, psychiatry, and neurology–a gap manifested in the paucity of literature on the subjects. My intention has been to provide a guide for students from a psychological, or sociological background, who may find several aspects of these branches which impinge on their interest usefully reviewed. I have tried to produce a comprehensive text; it is a defining dictionary rather than an explaining one. The dictionary incorporates the revised nomenclature and the diagnostic terms have been arranged alphabetically. All suggestions for the modification of this book are welcome and will be duly acknowledged. M.S. Bhatia This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface A B C D E v AA – Babbling – C.A. – Da Costa’s syndrome– Eating disorder – F Fabulation G GABA H Habeas corpus – – – I J K L – – – – Iatrogenic illness Jacksonian epilepsy Kanner’s syndrome la belle indifference Machiavellianism Naloxone Obesity Paired-associate learning Q Quaalude R Race differences S Sadism Aypnia Bystander apathy Cycloplegia Dystonia Eysenck, Hans Jurgen Future shock Gyrectomy Hysterical psychosis I-Thou Juramentado Kretschmer, Ernest Lysergic acid diethylamide Mysophobia Nymphomania Overvalued Idea Punishment M N O P – – – – T Taboo – Quota sampling – Rush, Benjamin – Systemic desensitization – Tyramine 1 42 59 102 127 150 171 182 199 225 228 231 244 272 283 295 338 340 362 416 x Dictionary of Psychology & Allied Sciences U Unconditional – positive regard V Vaginismus – W Wagner von Jauregg, – Julius X X – Y Yavis – Z Zeitgeber – I. Appendix–I Uxoricide Voyeurism Wundt, Wilhelm Xenophobia Y