Psychology

Psychology

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

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possible selves

Psychology; General psychology

The ideal selves that a person would like to become, the selves a person could become, and the selves a person is afraid of becoming; components of the cognitive sense of self.

spontaneous-remission effect

Psychology; General psychology

The improvement of some mental patients and clients in psychotherapy without any professional intervention; a baseline criterion against which the effectiveness of therapies must ...

resistance

Psychology; General psychology

The inability or unwillingness of a patient in psychoanalysis to discuss certain ideas, desires, or experiences.

dissociative amnesia

Psychology; General psychology

The inability to remember important personal experiences, caused by psychological factors in the absence of any organic dysfunction.

sensory memory

Psychology; General psychology

The initial memory processes involved in the momentary preservation of fleeting impressions of sensory stimuli.

context of discovery

Psychology; General psychology

The initial phase of research, in which observations, beliefs, information, and general knowledge lead to a new idea or a different way of thinking about some phenomenon.