Glossary J

Glossary J

J. Edgar Hoover the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 to 1972.

J. S. Mill's Ethology proposed study of how specific individuals act under specific circumstances. In other words, it is the study of how the primary laws governing human behavior interact with secondary laws to produce an individual's behavior in a situation.

Jabberwocky refers to meaningless speech or writing. The word is after Jabberwocky, a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll which was part of his 1871 novel Through the Looking Glass

Jack Kevorkian refers to a Michigan doctor who helped patients end their own lives even in the face of threats to his own life. Three (3) juries refused to convict him despite a Michigan statute established for that purpose.

Jackanapes refers to an impertinent conceited person.

Jacksonian seizure involves motor areas such events have been called marching seizures because they begin with jerking or tingling of a single body area and spread to other areas.

Jaffee v. Redmond refers to the 1996 Supreme Court ruling that held the right of a licensed Social worker to keep her case records confidential. Likely to apply to all licensed clinicians.

- James McKeen Cattell (1860-1944) : James McKeen Cattell the one who represented Functionalistic psychology at Columbia University. He did much to promote Applied psychology. He orked with Galton and developed a strong interest in measuring individual differences. Cattell brought Galton's methods of intelligence testing to the United States.