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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 - 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 - autohypnosis
Autohypnosis is self-induced hypnosis, also called self-hypnosis.
Autohypnosis is self-induced hypnosis, also called self-hypnosis.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autochthonous
Autochthonous means originating from within rather than from outside stimulation, applied both to bodily functions that are self-generated (like heartbeat) and to psychological forms (such as an autochthonous Gestalt produced by the perceiver rather than inherent in the stimulus).
Autochthonous means originating from within rather than from outside stimulation, applied both to bodily functions that are self-generated (like heartbeat) and to psychological forms (such as an autochthonous Gestalt produced by the perceiver rather than inherent in the stimulus).
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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 - autistic disorder
Autistic disorder is a former DSM-IV term that was later replaced by autism spectrum disorder.
Autistic disorder is a former DSM-IV term that was later replaced by autism spectrum disorder.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - autobiographical memory
Autobiographical memory is another name for episodic memory, referring to memory for personally experienced events.
Autobiographical memory is another name for episodic memory, referring to memory for personally experienced events.
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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.
