PSYCHOLOGY for muscular movement.

A society or a social group run by women. Contrast with PATRIARCHY.

One of the most ancient of philosophical debates; what is the relationship of the MIND to the body? Answers to this question have included; (1) they influence each other totally: (2) they don’t influence each other at all: (3) mind doesn’t really exist: (4) body doesn’t really exist: (5) mind and body are really the same thing. And you wondered what philosophers did for a living.

A principle, suggested by the medieval philosopher William of Occam, that has been accepted as fundamental to scientific explanation: if there are rival explanations for a given PHENOMENON the simplest must always be chosen. LLOYD MORGAN’S CANON is fashioned from the same material as OCCAM’S RAZOR.

Mother, father and 2.4 children.

A follower of Freud who also accepts later modifications in psychoanalytic theory. Fromm. Homey and Sullivan are the most prominent examples of such modifiers. Early followers of Freud’s who broke away from this movement, notably Adler and Jung, are usually known as schismatics.

Literally, the PERSONALITY which represents the MODE of a group. An anthropological term for that hypothetical individual whose personality is typical and illustrative of a particular group or society.

Identical twins who develop from the same fertilised egg or ZYGOTE. Contrast with DIZYGOTIC TWINS.

Used in PSYCHOANALYSIS to signify the choice of a love object, usually involving the diversion of libido from a sexual to a non-sexual object.

See also CATHEXIS.

The detrimental effect on later learning of previous learning, because of the different responses required in the two situations. For instance, to steer a boat with a tiller after learning to drive a car. See TRANSFER OF TRAINING.