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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.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)