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KIN RECOGNITION

Individuals are able to recognize those that they have interacted with during development but fail to recognize related individuals with whom they have never interacted. But this is not the case in chimpanzees they can recognise relationships KIN RECOGNITION: “Kin Recognition is the ability to detect that another individual is closely related.”

KINESTHETIC IMAGERY

Dynamic is the cognitive creation of the feeling of movements while physically moving, like a figure skater may imagine the feeling of routine elements while walking through the pattern, or is the cognitive recreation of the feeling of movements KINESTHETIC IMAGERY: “Kinesthetic Imagery is the cognitive recreation of the feeling of movements .”

KAMIKAZE

Suicide attacks on the enemy by flying bomb loaded aircrafts into targets, the word in Japanese is for divine wind, they were an elite military unit in the Japanese air force. KAMIKAZE: “Kamikaze were an elite military unit in World War II.”

KENDALL’S TAU

association used with ordinal variables KENDALL’S TAU: “Kendall’s Tau is a non-parametric measure of association used with ordinal variables.”

KONIG BARS

Visual acuity is assessed by a grating pattern of black and white bars, Karl Rudolf Konig 1832-1901 German born French physicist KONIG BARS: “Konig Bars are a grating pattern used to assess visual acuity.”

KUMHO TIRE CO V PATRICK CARMICHAEL

The Supreme Court ruling that extended the gatekeeper ROLF judgeds to cover both scientific expert testimony as established in Daubert V. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals INC and no specific testimony KUMHO TIRE CO V PATRICK CARMICHAEL: “Kumho Tire Co v Patrick Carmichael was a case resulting in a 1999 U.S Supreme Court ruling.”

KNOWLEDGE

An awareness of the existence of something and information and understanding of a specific topic of the world in general which is usually acquired by experience or learning KNOWLEDGE: “Knowledge is to understand a specific topic or of the world in general.”

KLEIN, MELANIE

Austrian born British psychoanalyst and was a pioneer in child analysis she was the first therapist to use play as an analytic and treatment technique she also suggested the ofdipus complex KLEIN, MELANIE: “Melanie Klein contributed to our knowledge of schizoid defence mechanism.”

KINESTHETIC HALLUCINATION

Movement of the body and a false perception of it KINESTHETIC HALLUCINATION: “Kinesthetic Hallucination is a perception of the body movement that is false.”

KILOBYTOPHOBIA

fear of using a computer. There is sometimes accounts for a refusal or reluctance to use computer resources. See computer anxiety. KILOBYTOPHOBIA: “Kilobytophobia is the discomfort or fear with computer technologies.”

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