Month: December 2020

Kohlberg’s third level of development of moral reasoning in which judgments are based on self-accepted moral principles.  

Symptoms sometimes experienced by an individual who has suffered a concussion, including headaches, anxiety, irritability, and minor cognitive impairment. Postconcussion syndrome is an acquired disorder of the brain, most commonly caused by mild to moderate head trauma. It is defined by a constellation of somatic com¬ plaints, cognitive difficulties, and emotional changes beginning after significant…

A contraceptive chemical in pill form that is taken the day following sexual intercourse. Also called the morning after pill.  

The insertion of a chemical solution into the vagina following coitus. The chemical solution usually contains a spermicide. This procedure is generally ineffective as a contraceptive method.  

A hereditary adaptive change induced by the environment.  

In nutrition, 12 h following the ingestion of food.  

The taking over of the mind by evil spirits, possessed. A feature of many societies in which a person is taken over by spirits and loses control of his or her behavior. It is an important part of most African tribal religious systems. It is the medium through which their deity or ancestral spirit speaks…

An ancient term for mental illness based on the belief that the person was possessed by an evil spirit, possession.  

Analysis of transference.  

Transfer in which learning of one skill aids in the learning of a second skill, negative transfer.