ABNORMAL in the sense of diseased or disordered.

A PSYCHOTHERAPIST who has been trained in the theory and techniques of PSYCHOANALYSIS. He or she will have been trained initially as a physician, a psychiatric social worker or a psychologist. A typical training programme may last for four years and will include a personal analysis of the trainee.

Anything that appears to an observer; anything that is capable of being perceived.

Sensory receptors which deal with information about the movement and orientation of the body. They are found in the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS of the inner ear where they are concerned with balance and in the muscles and joints where they produce KINAESTHETIC sensations.

The philosophical viewpoint that advocates the study of direct CONSCIOUS experience by INTROSPECTION as it occurs to a particular observer.

The PERCEPTION of objects as moving when the eyes are moved. Objects closer than the point the eyes are fixed on seem to move in the opposite direction from the eye movements; objects beyond the fixation point seem to move in the same direction as the eye movements. Near objects also appear to move more rapidly than distant objects. Parallax provides important cues in DEPTH PERCEPTION.

People are promoted to the level of their incompetence and stick there.

Formerly referred to the attempt (now considered pseudoscientific) to divine psychological characteristics from the structure of the human face, a practice that sometimes included PHRENOLOGY. Now refers simply to the structure of the face.

Any kind of test or PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUE that requires written answers.

See PHENYLKETONURIA.