JAMES, WILLIAM (1842-1910)
James, probably America’s most influential psychologist, was born of an eminent family in New York City and studied in Switzerland…
JANET, PIERRE MARIE FELIX (1859-1947)
Janet, one of the first systematic students of neurosis, was bom and raised in Paris, and studied at the University…
JARGONAPHASIA
Unintelligible speech in which correct words are intermingled with words that are completely out of context; the use of words…
JOINT COMMISSION ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND HEALTH
In 1955, Congress passed the Mental Health Study Act, which directed the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health to…
JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875-1961)
Born in Kesswil, Switzerland, Jung came from a long line of physicians and theologians. Before concentrating on the study of…
JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (JND; Differential or Difference Threshold)
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be reliably detected.The external world comes to us in the form of…
JUVENILE PARESIS
A brain disorder caused by congenital syphilis.In the juvenile form of paresis the spirochete infection is transmitted from mother to…
JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY (JDS)
It is the measure of the motivational components of a job, as identified by the job characteristics MODI I. of…
JOB-COMPONENT VALIDITY
It is to predict the suitability for a particular job that involves use of the position analysis questionnaire and the…
JUST-WORLD PHENOMENON
To believe that events proceed rationally and not by chance, such an attitude may result in the belief that the…
JEHOVAH COMPLEX
Delusions of grandeur, which make the individual indentify with the qualities associated with God
JOB DIMENSIONS
1. the overall categories that define the nature of a given job like clerical or receptionist duties. 2. main competence…
JOB-PLACEMENT STAGE
a level of rehabilitation at which a person with a disability is expected to be ready to stand the competitiveness…
JUDGMENT SAMPLING
It is sampling based on personnel opinion of what is representative of the population under study. It may be useful…
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
illegal behaviour by a minor.Including behaviour that would be considered criminal in an adult, vandalism, petty theft, auto theft, arson,…
JENKINS ACTIVITY SURVEY (JAS)
a self-administered survey with multiple-choice questions, which duplicates the clinical test for a behaviour patterns. It measures characteristics of this…
JOB ENLARGEMENT
responsibility expansion in a particular job.In horizontal job enlargement the employee is required to perform a greater number and variety…
JOB-SAFETY ANALYSIS
a special analysis that involves identifying hazards and making recommendations to eliminate or control the hazards, it also identifies and…