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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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cognitive map

Psychology; General psychology

A mental representation of physical space.

projective test

Psychology; General psychology

A method of personality assessment in which an individual is presented with a standardized set of ambiguous, abstract stimuli and asked to interpret their meanings; the ...

recognition

Psychology; General psychology

A method of retrieval in which an individual is required to identify stimuli as having been experienced before.

recall

Psychology; General psychology

A method of retrieval in which an individual is required to reproduce the information previously presented.

biopsychosocial model

Psychology; General psychology

A model of health and illness that suggests that links among the nervous system, the immune system, behavioral styles, cognitive processing, and environmental factors can put ...

bipolar disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania.

major depressive disorder

Psychology; General psychology

A mood disorder characterized by intense feelings of depression over an extended time, without the manic high phase of bipolar depression.