In PSYCHOANALYSIS, the EGO’S practical attempts to follow the REALITY PRINCIPLE.

The earliest and most lasting bonds a human being makes with others.

The symbol for the most common CORRELATION COEFFICIENT.

Popular term for PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

A technique of PSYCHOTHERAPY developed in the United Stales by Arthur Janov in which the therapist first makes the patient feel intensely miserable, then encourages him or her to relive miserable feelings experienced in CHILDHOOD but never expressed. When the patient can let go with a ‘primal scream’ these EMOTIONS are supposedly released and the way made clear for a healthy adult development.

The Greek term for the life force; translated first as ‘soul’ then as ‘MIND’ and now sometimes as ‘SELF’.

The detrimental effect of previous learning on the recall of later learning. See RETROACTIVE INHIBITION.

The automatic curling downward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked: normally replaces the BABINSKI REFLEX at the age of about 2.

A term associated with the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffinan. See IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT.

The use of play in PSYCHOTHERAPY with children to aid in diagnosis and in treatment: the child is encouraged to experience a CATHARSIS of blocked EMOTIONS.