a diagnostic sign for meningitis. The test is positive if flexing the thigh at the hip while extending the leg at the knee results in resistance and pain. KERNIG’S SIGN: “Kernig’s Sign is a reflex actionfound by Vladimir Michailovich Kernig 1840-1917 Russian physician.”
Concepts such as internalization, object reactions, the depressive position, idealization and the paranoid position, and is psychotherapy in accordance with the theories and methods of school KLEINIAN ANALYSIS: “Kleinian Analysis is the theories and methods of school psychoanalysis founded by Meanie Klein.”
Found in muscles, tendons and joints and any of the sensory receptors that monitor the position and movement of muscles KINESTHETIC RECEPTOR: “Kinesthetic Receptor monitors the position and movement of muscles.”
Individuals share 50% of their genes with a parent or sibling, so if an individual risks its own ability to reproduce or survive but helps its parents or more than two siblings to survive or reproduce KIN SELECTION: “Kin Selection is natural selection that favours behaviour by an individual .”
This principle that brain damage sustained early in life is less debilitating that brain damage sustained in later life, presumably because of the enhanced ability of the younger brain to reorganize. KENNARD PRINCIPLE: “Kennard Principle is the idea that brain damage is less debilitating in early life than later life.”
A common example is the Kanizsa triangle which is induced by three black circles placed in the apexes of a triangle. Each circle has a 60 degree wedge removed so that these wedges become the angles of the illusory triangle KANIZSA FIGURE: “Kanizsa Figure is a figure that induces the perception of illusory contours defining …
When bisecting a horizontal line using one eye, the observer tends to place the midpoint too near the nasal side of the eye, distances divided by graduated lines appear larger than undivided distance KUNDT’S RULES: “Kundt’s Rules are the principles that distances divided by graduated lines appear larger.”
A hexagon equally divided into six triangles is one example. The gestalt principles of perception of two dimensional triangles rather than sides of a three dimensional triangles KOPFERMANN CUBES: “Kopfermann Cubes are line drawings of cubes that are perceived as two dimensional figures.”
A repository of factual and heuristic information that guides an organization’s approach to specific problems or challenges, to research the best practices and so on KNOWLEDGE BASE: “Knowledge base is an individual’s general background knowledge.”
Symptoms may last for days to weeks, include excessive food intake, irritability, disorientation, lack of energy and hypersensitivity to noise. It is part of the brain that governs appetite and sleep KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME: “Kleine Levin Syndrome is a rare disorder primarily occurring in adolescent males.”
