indigenous psychology is imbued with spiritual philosophies about the stewardship of country or land and guiding relational principles of reciprocity, responsibility, and respect that aim to safeguard, empower and heal communities, revitalize healing systems through participatory action research.
the specialty of industrial organizational psychology addresses issues of recruitment, selection and placement, training and development, performance measurement, workplace motivation and reward systems, quality of work life, structure of work and human factors, organizational development and consumer behaviour.
the interest in and liking of one individual by another, or the mutual interest and liking between two or more individuals. interpersonal attraction may be based on shared experiences or characteristics, physical appearance, internal motivation.
intervention is defined as a relationship aimed at promoting a better adaptation of the individual to a given situation and thereby optimizing his or her personal resources in relation to autonomy, self-knowledge and self-help
kinaesthetics is the study of body motion, and of the perception (both conscious and unconscious) of one's own body motions.
kinesthesis is the learning of movements that an individual commonly performs.
a school or class for young children, usually four to six years old, that prepares them for first grade and that develops basic skills and social behavior by games, exercises, music, simple handicrafts.
a developmental stage in infantile speech from around 7–8 months when a child repeats (often incorrectly) sounds they have heard. a difficulty with enunciation which makes l sound like r
a language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing.
language development is the process through which
children acquire the ability to process speech and communicate. during this process, a child may slowly understand basic linguistic patterns and expand their vocabulary gradually before achieving fluency.
a lapsus represents a bungled act that hides an unconscious desire: the phenomena can be traced back to incompletely suppressed psychical material pushed away by consciousness.
the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges reappear after lying dormant.