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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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decision aversion
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency to avoid decision making; the tougher the decision, the greater the likelihood of decision aversion.
lightness constancy
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency to perceive the whiteness, grayness, or blackness of objects as constant across changing levels of illumination.
mental set
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency to respond to a new problem in the manner used to respond to a previous problem.
client
Psychology; General psychology
The term used by clinicians who think of psychological disorders as problems in living, and not as mental illnesses, to describe those being treated.
patient
Psychology; General psychology
The term used by those who take a biomedical approach to the treatment of psychological problems to describe the person being treated.
frequency theory
Psychology; General psychology
The theory that a tone produces a rate of vibration in the basilar membrane equal to its frequency, with the result that pitch can be coded by the frequency of the neural ...
opponent-process theory
Psychology; General psychology
The theory that all color experiences arise from three systems, each of which includes two “opponent” elements (red versus green, blue versus yellow, and black versus white).
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)