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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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bottom-up processing
Psychology; General psychology
Perceptual analyses based on the sensory data available in the environment; results of analyses are passed upward toward more abstract representations.
top-down processing
Psychology; General psychology
Perceptual processes in which information from an individual's past experience, knowledge, expectations, motivations, and background influence the way a perceived object is ...
specific phobias
Psychology; General psychology
Phobias that occur in response to specific types of objects or situations.
cones
Psychology; General psychology
Photoreceptors concentrated in the center of the retina that are responsible for visual experience under normal viewing conditions and for all experiences of color.
rods
Psychology; General psychology
Photoreceptors concentrated in the periphery of the retina that are most active in dim illumination; rods do not produce sensation of color.
psychosomatic disorders
Psychology; General psychology
Physical disorders aggravated by or primarily attributable to prolonged emotional stress or other psychological causes.
schemes
Psychology; General psychology
Piaget's term for cognitive structures that develop as infants and young children learn to interpret the world and adapt to their environment.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)