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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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foot-in-the-door technique
Psychology; General psychology
A technique to increase the chance an individual complies with a request. First, the requester offers a small or trivial request. After the respondent agrees, the respondent will ...
mere-exposure effect
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for new stimuli to be more well-liked or favored after being repeatedly exposed. This effect is also sometimes called the familiarity principle.
psycholinguistics
Psychology; General psychology
The study of the different cognitive and psychological factors that humans use in acquiring, learning, comprehending, and producing language.
valence effect
Psychology; General psychology
The tendency for people to overestimate the likelihood of good things happening. In one study on the valence effect, participants assigned a higher probability to picking a card ...
Phineas Gage
Psychology; General psychology
An American railroad worker who had a large iron rod driven through his head during an railroad accident. The rod entered the left side of his face and exited out the top of his ...
constructivism
Psychology; General psychology
The theory that people construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences or existing knowledge. When people encounter something new, they may have to change previous ideas or ...
ganzfeld experiment
Psychology; General psychology
A technique using the ganzfeld effect to test individuals for extrasensory perception (ESP). In the experiment, the participant is placed in a room in a comfortable chair, halved ...
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)