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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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generalized anxiety disorder

Psychology; General psychology

An anxiety disorder in which an individual feels anxious and worried most of the time for at least six months when not threatened by any specific danger or object.

panic disorder

Psychology; General psychology

An anxiety disorder in which sufferers experience unexpected, severe panic attacks that begin with a feeling of intense apprehension, fear, or terror.

divergent thinking

Psychology; General psychology

An aspect of creativity characterized by an ability to produce unusual but appropriate responses to problems.

weber's law

Psychology; General psychology

An assertion that the size of a difference threshold is proportional to the intensity of the standard stimulus.

bulimia nervosa

Psychology; General psychology

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by measures to purge the body of the excess calories.

anorexia nervosa

Psychology; General psychology

An eating disorder in which an individual weighs less than 85 percent of her or his expected weight but still controls eating because of a self-perception of obesity.