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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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phobia
Psychology; General psychology
Persistent and irrational fear towards an object, situation or specific activity (the phobic stimulus) that results in an irrepressible desire to avoid it. This often leads to ...
rapid eye movement (REM)
Psychology; General psychology
They're abrupt and spontaneous changes in the position of the eyeballs during sleep. These movements are produced in the vertical direction as much as they are in the horizontal, ...
Defense mechanism
Psychology; General psychology
Automatic psychological process that protects the individual from anxiety and awareness of threats or external or internal dangers. Defense mechanisms mediate the individual's ...
memory
Psychology; General psychology
Mental ability to retain and recall how much has been lived. Very complex psychic phenomenon in which the elemental psyche comes into play (traces that the senses leave in the ...
psychosomatic illness
Psychology; General psychology
It is caused or aggravated by psychological factors such as stress, changes in lifestyle, personality variables and emotional conflicts.
grandeur
Psychology; General psychology
disproportionate assessment of value, power, knowledge, importance or self-identity. When extreme, grandeur can reach delusional proportions.
yoga
Psychology; General psychology
Physical and mental discipline whose goal is to reach the mystical union of the individual with the All, the Universe, the Great Being, the Cosmic Consciousness or Deity.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)