Glossary C

Glossary C

Complex is defined as a group of associated feelings, thoughts, and memories that have intense emotional content. Complexes may have elements from a personal and collective unconscious. To Carl Jung, Complex is a core or pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme, such as power or status. To Murray, it is a normal pattern of childhood development that influences the adult personality; childhood developmental stages include the claustral, oral, anal, urethral, and genital complexes.

Complex cell refers to cell type of the visual cortex that responds best to a light stimulus of a particular shape anywhere in its receptive field; its receptive field cannot be mapped into fixed excitatory and inhibitory zones Complex cell, moreover is a neuron in the visual cortex that responds best to moving bars with a particular orientation.

Complex emotions is defined as self -conscious or self-evaluative emotions that emerge in the second year and depend, in part, on cognitive development.

Complex ideas is defined as configurations of simple ideas.

Complex partial seizure refers to a type of seizure that has an element of altered psyche or awareness in addition to sensory or motor components.

Complex reaction time means making separate responses to separate stimuli as quickly as possible.

Complex schedule refers to a schedule consisting of a combination of two (2) or more simple schedules.

Complex sentence refers to a sentence that expresses more than one proposition; a sentence that contains more than one clause.