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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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situational variables

Psychology; General psychology

External influences on behavior.

incentives

Psychology; General psychology

External stimuli or rewards that motivate behavior although they do not relate directly to biological needs.

delusions

Psychology; General psychology

False or irrational beliefs maintained despite clear evidence to the contrary.

hallucinations

Psychology; General psychology

False perceptions that occur in the absence of objective stimulation.

foundational theories

Psychology; General psychology

Frameworks for initial understanding formulated by children to explain their experiences of the world.

schemas

Psychology; General psychology

General conceptual frameworks, or clusters of knowledge, regarding objects, people, and situations; knowledge packages that encode generalizations about the structure of the ...

stereotypes

Psychology; General psychology

Generalizations about a group of people in which the same characteristics are assigned to all members of a group.

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