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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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psychosurgery
Psychology; General psychology
A surgical procedure performed on brain tissue to alleviate a psychological disorder.
morality
Psychology; General psychology
A system of beliefs and values that ensures that individuals will keep their obligations to others in society and will behave in ways that do not interfere with the rights and ...
signal detection theory (SDT)
Psychology; General psychology
A systematic approach to the problem of response bias that allows an experimenter to identify and separate the roles of sensory stimuli and the individual's criterion level in ...
insight therapy
Psychology; General psychology
A technique by which the therapist guides a patient toward discovering insights between present symptoms and past origins.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Psychology; General psychology
A technique for brain imaging that scans the brain using magnetic fields and radio waves.
elaborative rehearsal
Psychology; General psychology
A technique for improving memory by enriching the encoding of information.
counterconditioning
Psychology; General psychology
A technique used in therapy to substitute a new response for a maladaptive one by means of conditioning procedures.
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)