(n.) The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(2) 278 children with bronchial asthma were medically, socially and psychologically compared to 27 rheumatic and 19 diabetic children.
(3) The very young history of clinical Psychology is demonstrating the value of clinical Psychologist in the socialistic healthy work and the international important positions of special education to psychological specialist of medicine.
(4) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
(5) Psychological well-being and the level of psychological autonomy were studied in a group of 109 Jewish late adolescents in the USSR.
(6) Contrary to expectations, it was found that psychological variables had some prognostic significance for outcome assessed by medical measures of illness severity.
(7) He captivated me, but not just because of his intellect; it was for his wisdom, his psychological insights and his sense of humour that I will always remember our dinners together.
(8) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
(9) There is no doubt that psychological, reactive and environmental factors do play a certain role too.
(10) A developing sophistication on the part of both children and parents, coupled with a rapidly expanding recognition of the need to minimize the amount of physical and psychological trauma that a child has to experience, has led to a growing use of premedication agents for children.
(11) However, the test by itself should not be construed as an unequivocal measure of hysteria as defined psychologically by the MMPI.
(12) From a psychological-vertical aspect the group is rather a common situation in which the individual members remain in their experience separated from each other.
(13) It may be better for patients if they are given opportunities to psychologically prepare themselves well in advance of the operation.
(14) For many it had still a moderating effect on distress at the present but appeared to be mainly used out of "psychological dependence".
(15) Implications are discussed for the psychological assessment of bilinguals as well as for psychotherapy.
(16) Lastly, sexually tortured women manifest greater psychological and sexual dysfunction.
(17) Psychological features of isolator treatment in ten patients with acute leukemia are described and suggestions proposed for psychological management of patients under isolator conditions.
(18) More recently, it has been reported that individuals strongly reactive to psychological stress are also strongly reactive to nicotine.
(19) According to the author's observations in a federal penitentiary, bank robbery more often is a symptomatic act with psychological meaning.
(20) "I am in a bad situation, psychologically so bad and confused," one father said, surrounded by his three other young sons.
Sociology
Definition:
(n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
Example Sentences:
(1) Until the dental profession defines quality to include psychological, sociologic, and economic factors and establishes measurable standards of performance, dental quality assurance cannot exist in any meaningful way.
(2) The counselor, usually a woman, may have a background or training in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, or nursing.
(3) These differences are congruent with age-related changes in speech and voice but also might be explained by other physiological or sociological variables.
(4) Western society has undergone a vast sociological change during the 20th century in terms of the value of sexuality.
(5) The article considers three major non-Marxist explanations of the modern welfare state: functionalist sociological theories, economic theories of government policy, and pluralist theories of democracy.
(6) These relationships are seen as pointing to an area which, by systematic investigation, would permit the psychology of personality and the sociology of values to be more closely integrated.
(7) The first two parts of this article examine the place of research on pain in, and its contribution to, the sociological literature.
(8) The results of this sociological survey revealed rumerous socio-economic problems in both areas, but more so in the "old" area.
(9) The physician is called upon to play an essential part in this work, which he can correctly fulfill only by taking into account the sociological, cultural, psychological, educational and prosthetic aspects.
(10) Parental needs were categorized as physical, psychologic, or sociologic in origin.
(11) I was shocked," says the fourth-year sociology student.
(12) Starting with a critique of the DSM-III-R description of the antisocial personality disorder, the author reviews some salient contributions to the concept of the antisocial personality disorder derived from descriptive, sociologic, and psychoanalytic viewpoints.
(13) Glycan chains present on cell surfaces carry specific information of biological importance, which is believed to play crucial roles in cell proliferation and cell sociological behavior.
(14) In a new report from the Campaign for Social Science, we argue that there should be a 10% increase in budgets across the board, with that extra money being directed towards cross-disciplinary research, where the social sciences have a critical role to play in addressing the big problems that will confront the UK over the next decade.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Urry ‘It’s frustrating how social sciences get sidelined in public debate’ John Urry, professor of sociology, Lancaster University, says: “There is no doubt that the casual way in which the social sciences get sidelined in public debate is frustrating.
(15) In parallel with this, a sociological study of women who had been invited by both methods was undertaken in which information was obtained from responders and non-responders on attitudes to health care.
(16) Concepts from medical anthropology and medical sociology are related to five components of health seeking -- symptom definition, illness-related shifts in role behavior, lay consultation and referral, treatment actions, and adherence.
(17) As a feature of social change and as an aspect of social stratification, ageing and age groups have been seriously neglected by sociological theory.
(18) In short, we argue that the sociologic data presented (4) are not consistent with the constant sum model of hemisphericity discussed in that paper.
(19) The combined data, considered in the light of sociological, historical and paleontological data, support the hypothesis that the Berbers are native to North Africa and their ancestors, the first modern man (Homo sapiens) of North Africa, were the founders of the European populations.
(20) In basic cross-tabulations, 63 out of the total 356 psychological and sociological characteristics proved to be differently distributed for men and women.