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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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set

Psychology; General psychology

A temporary readiness to perceive or react to a stimulus in a particular way.

hypothesis

Psychology; General psychology

A tentative and testable explanation of the relationship between two (or more) events or variables; often stated as a prediction that a certain outcome will result from specific ...

gate-control theory

Psychology; General psychology

A theory about pain modulation that proposes that certain cells in the spinal cord act as gates to interrupt and block some pain signals while sending others on to the brain.

theory of ecological optics

Psychology; General psychology

A theory of perception that emphasizes the richness of stimulus information and views the perceiver as an active explorer of the environment.

social intelligence

Psychology; General psychology

A theory of personality that refers to the expertise people bring to their experience of life tasks.

elaboration likelihood model

Psychology; General psychology

A theory of persuasion that defines how likely it is that people will focus their cognitive processes to elaborate upon a message and therefore follow the central and peripheral ...