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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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dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Psychology; General psychology

A dissociative mental disorder in which two or more distinct personalities exist within the same individual; formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

amnesia

Psychology; General psychology

A failure of memory caused by physical injury, disease, drug use, or psychological trauma.

clinical ecology

Psychology; General psychology

A field of psychology that relates disorders such as anxiety and depression to environmental irritants and sources of trauma.

selective optimization with compensation

Psychology; General psychology

A strategy for successful aging in which one makes the most of gains while minimizing the impact of losses that accompany normal aging.

sample

Psychology; General psychology

A subset of a population selected as participants in an experiment.

representative sample

Psychology; General psychology

A subset of a population that closely matches the overall characteristics of the population with respect to the distribution of males and females, racial and ethnic groups, and so ...