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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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cognitive appraisal theory of emotion

Psychology; General psychology

A theory stating that the experience of emotion is the joint effect of physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal, which serves to determine how an ambiguous inner state of ...

covariation principle

Psychology; General psychology

A theory that suggests that people attribute a behavior to a causal factor if that factor was present whenever the behavior occurred but was absent whenever it did not occur.

levels-of-processing theory

Psychology; General psychology

A theory that suggests that the deeper the level at which information was processed, the more likely it is to be retained in memory.

cognitive behavior modification

Psychology; General psychology

A therapeutic approach that combines the cognitive emphasis on the role of thoughts and attitudes influencing motivations and response with the behavioral emphasis on changing ...

participant modeling

Psychology; General psychology

A therapeutic technique in which a therapist demonstrates the desired behavior and a client is aided, through supportive encouragement, to imitate the modeled behavior.