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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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social perception
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes of himself or herself and other people.
transference
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which a person in psychoanalysis attaches to a therapist feelings formerly held toward some significant person who figured in a past emotional conflict.
behavioral confirmation
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people behave in ways that elicit from others specific expected reactions and then use those reactions to confirm their beliefs.
judgment
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people form opinions, reach conclusions, and make critical evaluations of events and people based on available material; also, the product of that mental ...
social categorization
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which people organize the social environment by categorizing themselves and others into groups.
sensation
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which stimulation of a sensory receptor gives rise to neural impulses that result in an experience, or awareness of, conditions inside or outside the body.
physiological dependence
Psychology; General psychology
The process by which the body becomes adjusted to and dependent on a drug.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)