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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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motor neurons
Psychology; General psychology
The neurons that carry messages away from the central nervous system toward the muscles and glands.
sensory neurons
Psychology; General psychology
The neurons that carry messages from sense receptors toward the central nervous system.
psychophysics
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the correspondence between physical stimulation and psychological experience.
genetics
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the inheritance of physical and psychological traits from ancestors.
structuralism
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the structure of mind and behavior; the view that all human mental experience can be understood as a combination of simple elements or events.
sensory physiology
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the way in which biological mechanisms convert physical events into neural events.
sympathetic division
Psychology; General psychology
The subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that deals with emergency response and the mobilization of energy.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)