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Psychology

The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.

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compliance

Psychology; General psychology

A change in behavior consistent with a communication source's direct requests.

placebo effect

Psychology; General psychology

A change in behavior in the absence of an experimental manipulation.

serial position effect

Psychology; General psychology

A characteristic of memory retrieval in which the recall of beginning and end items on a list is often better than recall of items appearing in the middle.

Alzheimer's disease

Psychology; General psychology

A chronic organic brain syndrome characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in intellectual ability, and deterioration of personality.

residual stress pattern

Psychology; General psychology

A chronic syndrome in which the emotional responses of posttraumatic stress persist over time.

personality disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A chronic, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of perceiving, thinking, and behaving that seriously impairs an individual's ability to function in social or other settings.

self-serving bias

Psychology; General psychology

A class of attributional biases in which people tend to take credit for their successes and deny responsibility for their failures.