rampage violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
personality | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual, their different reactions reflected their very different personalities, it is his nature to help others |
anal personality anal retentive personality | (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve, said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training) |
genital personality | (psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives |
narcissistic personality | personality marked by self-love and self-absorption, unrealistic views about your own qualities and little regard for others |
obsessiveompulsive personality | personality characterized by a strong need to repeat certain acts or rituals |
oral personality | (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness, formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development |
cult of personality | intense devotion to a particular person |
personality inventory personality assessment | a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits, a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test |
selfeport personality inventory selfeport inventory | a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make |
California Personality Inventory CPI | a selfeport personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI, consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc. |
Eysenck Personality Inventory EPI | a selfeport personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism) |
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI | a selfeport personality inventory consisting ofitems that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with, many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items |
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire PF | a selfeport personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits |
personality | a person of considerable prominence, she is a Hollywood personality |
disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
immunological disorder | a disorder of the immune system |
sleep terror disorder pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
disorder upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder, everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time |
functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
organic disorder | disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ |
acute brain disorder acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
bladder disorder | a disorder of the urinary bladder |
degenerative disorder | condition leading to progressive loss of function |
glandular disease gland disease glandular disorder adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
learning disorder learning disability | a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills |
food poisoning gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
idiopathic disease idiopathic disorder idiopathy | any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause |
monogenic disorder monogenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |
polygenic disorder polygenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once |
mental disorder mental disturbance disturbance psychological disorder folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
metabolic disorder | a disorder or defect of metabolism |
nervous disorder neurological disorder neurological disease | a disorder of the nervous system |
brain disorder encephalopathy brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
kidney disease renal disorder nephropathy nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
respiratory disease respiratory illness respiratory disorder | a disease affecting the respiratory system |
genetic disease genetic disorder genetic abnormality genetic defect congenital disease inherited disease inherited disorder hereditary disease hereditary condition | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically |
autosomal dominant disease autosomal dominant disorder | a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome |
autoimmune disease autoimmune disorder | any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
blood disease blood disorder | a disease or disorder of the blood |
skin disease disease of the skin skin disorder | a disease affecting the skin |
sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
generalized anxiety disorder GAD anxiety reaction | an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months |
obsessiveompulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors |
panic disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks, the attacks are usually severe but brief |
phobia phobic disorder phobic neurosis | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations, phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias |