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A Mind Odyssey

 

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NEWCOMB

REINFORCEMENT THEORY OF INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION

 

NOONAN SYNDROME

 

 

Negativism

motiveless resistance to commands and attempts to be moved

 

Neologism

newly made up word or an everyday word used in an idiosyncratic way

 

Neurosis

a disorder in which the individual has insight into the illness and they can distinguish between subjective experience and external reality

 

Nihilistic delusion

delusional belief that oneself, or others or the world does not exist or is about to cease to exist

 

 

Nominal aphasia

difficulty in naming objects

 

 

 

  

From MULTIPLE sources INCLUDING lecture notes.