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KembaraXtra-Psychology - automaticity
Automaticity refers to automatic processing and is also used in relation to automatism, emphasizing action or processing occurring without conscious control.
Automaticity refers to automatic processing and is also used in relation to automatism, emphasizing action or processing occurring without conscious control.
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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 - 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 - 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.
