Psychology

Psychology

The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.

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psychosocial stages

Psychology; General psychology

Proposed by Erik Erikson, successive developmental stages that focus on an individual's orientation toward the self and others; these stages incorporate both the sexual and social ...

altruism

Psychology; General psychology

Prosocial behaviors a person carries out without considering his or her own safety or interests.

object relations theory

Psychology; General psychology

Psychoanalytic theory that originated with Melanie Klein's view that the building blocks of how people experience the world emerge from their relations to loved and hated objects ...

counseling psychologist

Psychology; General psychology

Psychologist who specializes in providing guidance in areas such as vocational selection, school problems, drug abuse, and marital conflict.

organizational psychologists

Psychology; General psychology

Psychologists who study various aspects of the human work environment, such as communication among employees, socialization or enculturation of workers, leadership, job ...