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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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anchoring heuristic
Psychology; General psychology
An insufficient adjustment up or down from an original starting value when judging the probable value of some event or outcome.
anxiety
Psychology; General psychology
An intense emotional response caused by the preconscious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness.
peace psychology
Psychology; General psychology
An interdisciplinary approach to the prevention of nuclear war and the maintenance of peace.
stressor
Psychology; General psychology
An internal or external event or stimulus that induces stress.
prefrontal lobotomy
Psychology; General psychology
An operation that severs the nerve fibers connecting the frontal lobes of the brain with the diencephalon, especially those fibers of the thalamic and hypothalamic areas; ...
theory
Psychology; General psychology
An organized set of concepts that explains a phenomenon or set of phenomena.
reflex
Psychology; General psychology
An unlearned response elicited by specific stimuli that have biological relevance for an organism.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)