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KembaraXtra-Psychology - automatic anxiety
In psychoanalysis, automatic anxiety is the infant’s subjective feeling of helplessness rooted in biological helplessness, experienced as anxiety, and later reproduced in older individuals when they face situations that are hard to cope with. Freud introduced the concept in Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (1926).
In psychoanalysis, automatic anxiety is the infant’s subjective feeling of helplessness rooted in biological helplessness, experienced as anxiety, and later reproduced in older individuals when they face situations that are hard to cope with. Freud introduced the concept in Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (1926).
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autological
Autological describes an adjective that applies to itself, such as short (a short word), English (an English word), or polysyllabic (a polysyllabic word). It links with Grelling’s paradox and is contrasted with heterological.
Autological describes an adjective that applies to itself, such as short (a short word), English (an English word), or polysyllabic (a polysyllabic word). It links with Grelling’s paradox and is contrasted with heterological.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autokinetic effect
The autokinetic effect (autokinetic phenomenon/illusion; AKI) is the apparent motion of a stationary point of light viewed in total darkness, arising from physiological nystagmus that the visual system cannot fully correct without a visible frame of reference. The term was coined in 1887 by Hermann Aubert, combining “self” with motion-related roots.
The autokinetic effect (autokinetic phenomenon/illusion; AKI) is the apparent motion of a stationary point of light viewed in total darkness, arising from physiological nystagmus that the visual system cannot fully correct without a visible frame of reference. The term was coined in 1887 by Hermann Aubert, combining “self” with motion-related roots.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auto-erotic
Auto-erotic refers to sexual stimulation of one’s own body, including masturbation, and in psychoanalysis it relates to auto-erotism.
Auto-erotic refers to sexual stimulation of one’s own body, including masturbation, and in psychoanalysis it relates to auto-erotism.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a DSM-5 neurodevelopmental disorder defined by persistent impairments in social interaction and communication plus restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities. Symptoms begin early, though they may become more obvious later as social demands increase; they must cause clinically significant impairment and must not be better explained by intellectual disability or general developmental delay. Features may include limited emotional responsiveness, poor reciprocity, difficulty forming peer relationships, delayed or absent speech, stereotyped/idiosyncratic language and nonverbal behaviour (including gaze aversion), insistence on sameness, and ritualized mannerisms. DSM-5 reports prevalence around 1% in both child and adult samples in the US and other countries. The condition was described by Leo Kanner (1894–1981) in 1943 and Hans Asperger (1906–80) in 1944 and has also been called autistic disorder, childhood autism, infantile autism, and Kanner’s syndrome; it relates to topics such as theory of mind and mirror neurons and is compared with ADHD, Rett’s disorder, schizophrenia, and selective mutism.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a DSM-5 neurodevelopmental disorder defined by persistent impairments in social interaction and communication plus restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities. Symptoms begin early, though they may become more obvious later as social demands increase; they must cause clinically significant impairment and must not be better explained by intellectual disability or general developmental delay. Features may include limited emotional responsiveness, poor reciprocity, difficulty forming peer relationships, delayed or absent speech, stereotyped/idiosyncratic language and nonverbal behaviour (including gaze aversion), insistence on sameness, and ritualized mannerisms. DSM-5 reports prevalence around 1% in both child and adult samples in the US and other countries. The condition was described by Leo Kanner (1894–1981) in 1943 and Hans Asperger (1906–80) in 1944 and has also been called autistic disorder, childhood autism, infantile autism, and Kanner’s syndrome; it relates to topics such as theory of mind and mirror neurons and is compared with ADHD, Rett’s disorder, schizophrenia, and selective mutism.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autointoxication
Autointoxication means self-poisoning by a substance produced inside the body.
Autointoxication means self-poisoning by a substance produced inside the body.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autogynephilia
Autogynephilia is a paraphilia in which a person assigned male at birth experiences sexual arousal from imagining themself as a woman.
Autogynephilia is a paraphilia in which a person assigned male at birth experiences sexual arousal from imagining themself as a woman.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autogenic training
Autogenic training (autogenics) is a psychotherapy method teaching self-hypnosis and biofeedback-based self-regulation for stress control. It uses a graded sequence of mental exercises focusing on heaviness in limbs, warmth in limbs, heart rate, breathing, warmth in the upper abdomen, and coolness of the forehead to promote relaxation. It was developed in Germany from the 1930s to 1950s and popularized by Johann Heinrich Schultz (1884–1970).
Autogenic training (autogenics) is a psychotherapy method teaching self-hypnosis and biofeedback-based self-regulation for stress control. It uses a graded sequence of mental exercises focusing on heaviness in limbs, warmth in limbs, heart rate, breathing, warmth in the upper abdomen, and coolness of the forehead to promote relaxation. It was developed in Germany from the 1930s to 1950s and popularized by Johann Heinrich Schultz (1884–1970).
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auto-erotism
In psychoanalysis, auto-erotism is early-infant behaviour in which an instinct is satisfied without using an external instinctual object. The term was used by Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) in 1898, defining it as sexual emotion arising without an external stimulus from another person. It is also called auto-eroticism and is linked with allo-erotism and narcissism.
In psychoanalysis, auto-erotism is early-infant behaviour in which an instinct is satisfied without using an external instinctual object. The term was used by Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) in 1898, defining it as sexual emotion arising without an external stimulus from another person. It is also called auto-eroticism and is linked with allo-erotism and narcissism.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autocorrelation
Autocorrelation is the correlation between values in a time series and the same series shifted by a fixed lag. For example, daily migraine ratings can be correlated with ratings from one day earlier (first-order autocorrelation), and such autocorrelations tend to be positive when today’s score predicts tomorrow’s. Correlations with scores two days apart form second-order autocorrelation, and so on; it relates to autoregression and correlograms.
Autocorrelation is the correlation between values in a time series and the same series shifted by a fixed lag. For example, daily migraine ratings can be correlated with ratings from one day earlier (first-order autocorrelation), and such autocorrelations tend to be positive when today’s score predicts tomorrow’s. Correlations with scores two days apart form second-order autocorrelation, and so on; it relates to autoregression and correlograms.
