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The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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Risk aversion
Psychology; General psychology
A decision-making strategy that is governed by the idea of avoiding risks. Often used when a problem is stated in terms of gains.
Risk-taking strategy
Psychology; General psychology
A decision-making strategy that is governed by the idea of taking risks. Often used when a problem is stated in terms of losses.
Framing effect
Psychology; General psychology
Tendency for decisions to be influenced by how they are stated (framed) • Disease scenarios: Decisions depended on whether programs were stated in terms of lives saved or lost
Word frequency effect
Psychology; General psychology
Faster responding to high-frequency words than to low-frequency words • Eye-movement studies reveal longer fixation times for low-frequency words • Interpretation: More time ...
Lexical ambiguity
Psychology; General psychology
A situation in which a word can have more than one meaning • Example: “rock” Context usually enables quick resolution of lexical ambiguity • “I could not move the heavy rock ...
Anonymity
Sociology; General sociology
Anonymity, adjective "anonymous", is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, "anonymous" is used to describe ...
subjective well-being
Psychology; General psychology
In the economics of happiness, this term is used to designate an individual's personal perception of the extent to which they are affected by negative or positive affect, and how ...
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)